Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza




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Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory's desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.

Supplies heading into Palestinian territory halted a week ago

Tents sit next to the rubble of destroyed buildings.
Tents are seen next to the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on March 7. (Abdel Kareem Hana/The Associated Press)

Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory's desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.

Sunday's announcement comes a week after Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory to more than two million people. It has sought to press Hamas to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire. That phase ended last weekend.

Hamas has pressed to start negotiations on the ceasefire's more difficult second phase instead.

Gaza has been largely devastated by the war, and generators and solar panels are used for some of the power supply.

WATCH | From March 2: Israel blocks entry of aid trucks into Gaza

Israel blocks aid into Gaza as ceasefire standoff escalates

Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza on Sunday as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the past six weeks escalated, with Hamas calling on Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene. Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7472522
 
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Posted: 2025-03-09 18:20:14

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