Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says decision taken after army's assessment session, according to the Times of Israel news website.
Israel has announced a"complete siege" of Palestine's Gaza amid intensified fighting with the Palestinian Hamas group.
Katz's order came soon after Gallant's order for a"complete siege" on Gaza, which receives about 10 percent of its annual water from Israel. The Gaza-based resistance group Hamas launched Operation Al Aqsa Flood against Israel early Saturday, firing a barrage of rockets. It said the surprise attack was in response to the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and increased settler violence.
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