Israel-Palestine War: Electricity in Gaza goes out as sole power station stops working|Oneindia News

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4 days into the war, electricity in Gaza went out on Wednesday after the sole power station in the Palestinian enclave stopped working, according to Hamas media sources. This came two days after Israel said it was going to impose a "total blockade" on Gaza, including a ban on admitting food and fuel to the area.

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00:00 Four days into the war, electricity in Gaza went out on Wednesday after the sole power

00:08 station in the Palestinian enclave stopped working, according to Hamas media sources.

00:14 This came two days after Israel said it was going to impose a total blockade on Gaza,

00:20 including a ban on admitting food and fuel to the area.

00:23 Earlier this week, Israel ordered a complete siege of the strip, which is home to 2.3 million

00:28 people and one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

00:33 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced, "No electricity, no food, no water, no gas.

00:38 It's all closed."

00:39 Gaza was already facing a complete electricity blackout after Israel cut electricity supply

00:44 to the region after Hamas attacks on October 7.

00:47 Earlier today, Palestinian Energy Authority Chairman Thafir Melhem told Voice of Palestine

00:52 radio on Wednesday that the plant would shut down in the afternoon in Gaza, where about

00:57 2.3 million people live in one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

01:02 This threatens to plunge the strip into complete darkness and make it impossible to continue

01:06 providing all basic life services, all of which depend on electricity, and it will not

01:11 be possible to operate them partially with generators in light of the prevention of fuel

01:15 supplies from Rafah Gate, said a statement issued by Gaza's authorities on Wednesday.

01:20 This catastrophic situation creates a humanitarian crisis for all residents of the Gaza Strip,

01:25 it said.

01:26 Meanwhile, Health Minister Mael Kaila said the fuel stock to operate the generators in

01:31 the Gaza Strip hospitals will end tomorrow, Thursday, which will exacerbate the disastrous

01:35 conditions in the hospitals.

01:37 All of Gaza's crossings are closed, making it impossible to bring in fuel for the power

01:41 plant or the generators on which residents and hospitals have longed to light.

01:46 The Israeli blockade of the occupied Gaza Strip in its current form has been in place

01:50 since June 2007.

01:52 Israel controls Gaza's airspace and territorial waters, as well as two of the three border

01:56 crossing points.

01:57 The third is controlled by Egypt.

01:59 On Tuesday, Hussein Alsheikh, Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine

02:03 Liberation Organization, urged the international community to intervene urgently to stop the

02:08 aggression, allow the entry of relief materials, and restore electricity and water because

02:12 the Gaza Strip is facing a major humanitarian catastrophe.

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Israel-Palestine War: Electricity in Gaza goes out as sole power station stops working|Oneindia News

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