Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza – Washington Examiner
Israel has announced that it will cut off electricity supplies to Gaza, a decision that raises concerns about the impact on essential services, especially on desalination plants that provide drinking water to the territory’s population of over 2 million. this move follows a prior decision to halt all goods supplies to Gaza, part of an effort to pressure Hamas into accepting an extension of a ceasefire. The current ceasefire, which had allowed for the negotiation of the release of hostages and aid supplies, is now at risk as Hamas seeks to initiate talks for a more tough second phase. Israel’s energy minister has instructed the Israel Electric Corporation to stop providing power to Gaza and has requested the mobilization of choice energy sources in Gaza, which has already been heavily affected by the ongoing conflict. This escalation comes after the first phase of the ceasefire allowed for some hostages to be exchanged for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — 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 over 2 million people. It has sought to press Hamas to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire. That phase ended last weekend. Israel wants Hamas to release half of the remaining hostages in return for a promise to negotiate a lasting truce.
Hamas has pressed to start negotiations on the ceasefire’s more difficult second phase instead. The militant group on Sunday said it wrapped up the latest round of ceasefire talks with Egyptian mediators without changes to its position, calling for an immediate start of the ceasefire’s second phase.
The new letter from Israel’s energy minister to the Israel Electric Corporation tells it to stop selling power to Gaza.
Gaza has been largely devastated by the war, and generators and solar panels are used for some of the power supply.
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The ceasefire has paused the deadliest and most destructive fighting ever between Israel and Hamas, sparked by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The first phase allowed the return of 25 living hostages and the remains of eight others in exchange for the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli forces have withdrawn to buffer zones inside Gaza, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza for the first time since early in the war, and hundreds of trucks of aid entered per day until Israel suspended supplies.
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