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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Gaza fuel crisis

A Palestinian man ferries water at a makeshift camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 4, 2024 (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
April 6, 2024, 12:28 pm
Israel’s begrudging approach to humanitarian aid could cost it the war in Gaza
Netanyahu was pressured into announcing new measures for Gazans in wake of deadly strike on WCK aid workers, but again Jerusalem risks doing too little, too late
By Lazar Berman
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid that entered the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt before the end of a 7-day cease fire, wait at the border before being unloaded on December 1, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
December 7, 2023, 6:17 am
Following US pressure, Israel approves increase of fuel deliveries to Gaza
Netanyahu’s office says ‘minimal supplement of fuel’ will be allowed into Hamas -run enclave ‘to prevent a humanitarian collapse’ and outbreak of disease
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A truck carrying fuel which crossed into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
November 17, 2023, 6:14 pm
In shift, Israel agrees to regularly let fuel into Gaza, drawing outrage in coalition
War cabinet consisting of Netanyahu, Gallant and Gantz permits 2 trucks a day to enter, to maintain water and sewage, and preserve ‘diplomatic maneuvering room to eliminate Hamas’
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinians collect boxes and and bags from a UN-run aid supply center, distributing food to local Palestinians and people displaced in Gaza, in Deir al-Balah on October 28, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
October 28, 2023, 4:50 pm
Arab, Western officials agree Hamas is keeping Gaza food, fuel for itself – NY Times
Sources tell newspaper terror group has stocks that could last for months, as it prepares for lengthy fight ahead
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian worker prepares plastic for processing to extract fuel in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip on August 23, 2022. (Mohammed Abed / AFP)
August 26, 2022, 11:02 am
Desperate for fuel, Gazans burn plastic despite serious environmental, health risks
Dangerous distillation method turned to by some residents of Strip, amid diesel shortage and spike in global fuel prices
By Belal AL SABBAGH and Mai Yaghi
File: A view of Gaza City's Al-Hassayna Mosque at night, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
September 17, 2021, 9:32 am
Palestinian official praises Lapid’s ‘new vision’ for Gaza
FM’s plan unveiled this week, which would give the Palestinian Authority some powers in Strip, is ‘the new Oslo [Accords],’ says PA source
By Dana Ben-Shimon
A Hamas security officer checks a truck entering Gaza at the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing with Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, June 21, 2021. (Adel Hana/AP)
June 28, 2021, 11:07 am
Qatar-funded fuel enters Gaza via Israel for 1st time since May fighting
In apparent attempt to strengthen fragile ceasefire, Jerusalem allows gasoline through Kerem Shalom; said to convey to Hamas that all crossings will open if calm is maintained
By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff
A Palestinian man, on the rooftop of his home, looks at Gaza's power plant after it was shut down, in the town of Nusairat, central Gaza Strip, August 18, 2020. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
June 27, 2021, 11:20 pm
Israel to begin allowing Qatar-funded fuel into Gaza on Monday
In apparent attempt to strengthen fragile ceasefire, Jerusalem will let fuel through Kerem Shalom crossing; Israeli security official denies report broader deal reached
By Aaron Boxerman
A Palestinian man cuts wood using a chainsaw in a traditional charcoal production site in the town of Jabaliya, Northern Gaza Strip, January 7, 2021.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
January 15, 2021, 9:44 am
With power crisis, out-of-work woodcutters see opportunity in Gaza
Tight Israeli-Egyptian blockade, weak ties with PA have resulted in unreliable power, driving up demand for wood in winter
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian man Omar al-Hazeen (R) reacts at his torched house where his three children were killed in a fire ignited by a candle used to light up their room during a power cut in al-Nusirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on September 2, 2020. In response to the persistent arson balloon launches from the Gaza Strip, Israel has banned fishing off Gaza's coast and closed the Kerem Shalom goods crossing, cutting off deliveries of fuel to the territory's sole power plant. Power had been in short supply even before the shutdown, with consumers having access to mains electricity for only around eight hours a day. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
September 2, 2020, 7:44 pm
3 Palestinian children die in Gaza house fire
Family says blaze was caused by a candle, lit during one of the Strip’s repeated power cuts
By Aaron Boxerman
A general view of the only electrical plant that generates electricity in the central Gaza Strip, June 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
August 16, 2020, 7:16 pm
As Israeli restrictions tighten, Gaza’s sole power plant to shut down on Tuesday
After Gaza-based terror groups launched hundreds of explosive balloons from Gaza, Israel closed Kerem Shalom crossing, blocking fuel the power plant needs to function
By Aaron Boxerman
A tanker delivers fuel to the Nuseirat power plant in the Gaza Strip on October 24, 2018. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
September 2, 2019, 5:54 pm
Israel lifts Gaza fuel restriction after calm returns
Move comes a week after Jerusalem halved the supply following rocket fire by Palestinian terrorists
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to throw stones towards Israeli forces during a protest on November 16, 2018, on the eastern outskirts of Gaza City, near the border with Israel. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
December 12, 2018, 12:46 am
Gazan child succumbs to shrapnel wounds from IDF bullet, Hamas official says
Senior Gaza Health Ministry official says Ahmad Abu Abed, 4, was hit by shrapnel in the face, stomach and chest; IDF looking into incident
By Adam Rasgon
Trucks are seen at the gate of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, on July 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
October 24, 2018, 12:57 pm
Qatari fuel flows into Gaza as relative calm persists on border
Defense minister allows shipments to enter Strip after halting them following a rocket that struck a Beersheba home
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli trucks carrying diesel fuel enter the Kerem Shalom crossing on the Israel-Gaza border, October 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
October 23, 2018, 11:50 pm
Israel to renew supply of Qatari fuel to Gaza as border violence wanes
Three days after border crossings reopened, defense minister’s office announces further step to help beleaguered Strip
By Michael Bachner
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