Gaza, Aug 15 (TIWN) The Islamic Hamas Movement has said that the recent Israeli relaxations of some of the tightened measures imposed on the Gaza Strip "are not enough".

Hazem Qassem, the movement’s spokesman in Gaza, told reporters that the declared Israeli relaxations “are not enough,” adding that “there are contacts to lift the Israeli siege that has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for 15 years”, reports Xinhua news agency

“The contacts that are held with Egypt, Qatar and the UN aimed at lifting all the Israeli restrictions that were imposed on the crossing points of the Gaza Strip before May 10,” he added. On Friday, the Israeli authorities announced that it will ease some of the tightened restrictions.