Israel warns that Gaza will face power supply crisis - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shlomi Eldar

Shlomi Eldar

Apr 12, 2017

A Palestinian woman walks past Gaza's power station in the Gaza Strip March 15, 2014. The Gaza Strip's sole power station stopped generating electricity on Saturday, causing blackouts throughout the territory after it ran out of fuel, officials said. Gaza lacks much basic civil infrastructure and lives under an Egyptian-Israeli blockade meant to cut off arms flows but which also curbs imports of fuel and building supplies. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ENERGY) - RTR3H86Y — A Palestinian woman walks past Gaza's power station in the Gaza Strip, March 15, 2014. — REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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A Palestinian man walks during power cut at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City April 25, 2017. Picture taken April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RTS14596

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