Gaza's only power station at risk of imminent shutdown due to fuel shortage, manager warns as Israel's complete closure of territory enters third day
Gaza's only power station is at risk of imminent shutdown due to a lack of fuel, its manager has warned as Israel's complete closure on the territory reached a third day.
Israel shut the goods and people crossings along its frontier with Gaza on Tuesday, citing fears of reprisals following the arrest of two senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad members in the occupied West Bank. Gaza's 2.3 million residents experience regular power shortages and last week received only an average of 10 hours of electricity per day, according to data from the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA.UN 'alarmed' over increasing violence in Palestine, IsraelAs well as shuttering the key supply line with Israel, this week's measures have also prevented Gazans from leaving the territory.
Thousands of Gazans with permits to work in Israel have also been unable to travel across the checkpoint.
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