2023-10-11 15:41:08
Its only power station Gaza it has now run out of fuel and is shutting down after Israel has completely cut off supplies, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Energy. The millions of residents of the Palestinian enclave will henceforth have access to electricity only with generators, which however run on scarce fuel.
About 2.3 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated areas on the planet, in which Israel has maintained a strict blockade since 2007. In the last 24 hours, the Israeli Defense Minister ordered a “total siege” of the area. “There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly”, he announced yesterday.
The densely populated Palestinian enclave remains to this day under complete siege by land, sea and air, with the internally displaced exceeding 260,000. Testimonies from residents of the Gaza Strip on CNN describe an ongoing humanitarian crisis with many without access to water, food, fuel and electricity.
It is noted that the number of Israelis killed has jumped to 1,200 and Palestinians to 1,055 since the start of the Hamas offensive on Saturday, while the landscape is murky for the number of third-country nationals who have been killed, held hostage or in need of medical treatment and assistance .
Source: Guardian
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