TUNIS, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Israel prevented the Tunisian charge d'affaires in the West Bank city Ramallah from regaining his post on Wednesday, the official TAP press agency reported.

Israel took this move following the visit by a high-level Tunisian delegation to the Gaza strip, TAP quoted a communique from the Tunisian presidency as saying.

The move "will not prevent Tunisia from continuing its support to the Palestinian people until it restores its legitimate rights and sets up its independent state with Jerusalem as the capital," the communique said.