Google – AFP, 15 March 2014
A view of
the Gaza Strip's sole power plant in Nusairat taken on March 26,
2012
(AFP/File, Mohammed Abed)
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Gaza City
(Palestinian Territories) — The Gaza Strip's only power plant shut down
Saturday due to a lack of fuel from Israel, which closed a goods crossing after
militant rocket attacks, the energy authority said.
"The
plant has completely ceased to function due to a lack of fuel caused by
(Israel's) closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing," said Fathi al-Sheikh
Khalil, deputy director of the energy authority in the Palestinian territory
ruled by the Islamist movement Hamas.
On
Thursday, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon ordered the closure of the
Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza and the Erez pedestrian crossing
"until further security assessments."
In
response, the energy authority cut the plant's operation from only 12 hours a
day to six until the fuel ran out.
The
facility, which supplies some 30 percent of Gaza's electricity needs, has been
forced to shut down several times, most recently in December.
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