Gaza Strip's power supply cut as thousands of Israeli army personnel sent to border
A Palestinian man carries a wounded child at Al-Shefa hospital in Gaza City: Israel says it has hit more than 2,600 'Hamas targets' in the blockaded territory, while more than 5,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza. Photograph: Haitham Imad
The agreement came as the siege brought down Gaza’s power supply, leaving residents alarmed they would soon lose contact with the outside world and as Israel sent tens of thousands of army personnel to the border with the enclave. Israel has cut off electricity, fuel and water to the Hamas-controlled territory and the enclave’s only power station has now run out of fuel, bringing down the mains supply.
The UN estimates that nearly 300,000 Palestinians have been displaced within the 40km strip, with many rushing to UN-run schools and refugee camps to seek shelter from the Israeli bombardment. Its Palestinian relief agency said 11 UN staffers had been killed in air strikes. The Palestinian Red Crescent added that three Palestinians were killed and nine injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, in a sign of the potential for tensions to spread.Solidarity with Israel from other parts of the world would “evaporate very quickly” if its response in Gaza and elsewhere was disproportionate and there must be “restraint”, he said.
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