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Electricity company: Some areas could be without power for 48 hours if infrastructure targeted
Firefighters work to put out a blaze on an electricity pole in central Israel after a rocket attack from Gaza, October 26, 2023 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
The head of the Israel Electricity Company says that in a worst case scenario, it could take up to 48 hours until crews are able to restore electricity to some locations if infrastructure in Israel is targeted in an attack.
“If strategic sites are targeted in an extreme situation, it could take 12-48 hours to fix them,” IEC CEO Meir Spiegler tells Channel 12.
Spiegler is careful to note that he is not saying that all of the country would be without electricity for up to two days, but he will not be drawn to name the areas that could be more vulnerable to prolonged outages.
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