Due to fuel shortage, Gaza power company warns of an upcoming power outage

Sunday November 09, 2008 17:45 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

The Gaza Strip's electricity power company warned on Sunday of an upcoming power outage due to shortage of industrial crude fuel needed for generating electricity, which Israel has stopped supplying for the past few days.

Gaza fuel tanker

In a statement, emailed to press, the company warned of a power outage across the coastal territory, blaming Israel for not supplying the needed daily needs of fuel used in generating electricity.

The statement read that any power failure would affect essential serviced such as sanitation, hospitals and water networks throughout the Gaza Strip, expecting a serious power supply shortage in 24 hours.

The electricity company called on all concerned institutions to intervene for preventing an imminent humanitarian crisis in Gaza, unless Israel resumes supplying fuel.

Last week, Israel sealed off completely all Gaza's crossings in the wake of a series of homemade shells attacks onto nearby Israeli towns, after the Israeli army attacked some parts of Gaza, killing eight people including 6 resistance fighters.

Today, Israeli infrastructure called for complete halt of fuel supplies to the coastal Strip, in response to resumed homemade shells fire.

Both Israel and Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza agreed in June19, to an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire deal, aimed at stopping Israeli military actions and gradual lift of a 17-month-long Israeli blockade, in return for halt of homemade shells fire onto nearby Israel.

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