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Palestinians ride a donkey near the Gaza power plant in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip October 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
August 4, 2022, 7:00 pm
Gaza’s sole power plant may shut down amid border closure, warns manager
Rafiq Maliha says if diesel not delivered by Friday, electricity will be cut for Strip’s 2.3 million residents, as timeline for end to measures remains unclear
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Work on a gas pipeline in northern Israel in 2018 (Anat Hermony/Flash90)
January 13, 2020, 4:40 pm
Israel pushes forward with plans for new gas pipeline to Gaza – report
Energy minister said to order finalization of plans for project that could significantly downscale Strip’s dependence on outside electricity, cut down shortages
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian family eats dinner by candlelight at their makeshift home in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, during a power outage June 11, 2017. (AFP/Said Khatib)
July 13, 2017, 3:07 pm
Gazans said facing daylong power cuts as plant shuts down
Hamas-run enclave’s electricity company says supplies at unprecedented low
By AP and ToI Staff
Hamas security forces next to an Egyptian watch tower on the border between Egypt and Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, September 21, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
June 28, 2017, 6:39 pm
Hamas begins work on buffer zone with Egypt to improve ties
Construction is being carried out following demands from Cairo; closed off military area will be 100m wide, 12km long
By Dov Lieber
Egyptian trucks carrying fuel enter the southern Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on June 21, 2017. (AFP / SAID KHATIB)
June 21, 2017, 2:26 pm
Easing power crisis, emergency Egyptian fuel enters Gaza
Over 11 trucks carrying a million liters of diesel — 2- to 3-day supply — head to Strip’s power plant, as Israel continues cutting electricity
By Dov Lieber
A power plant in Gaza City is pictured from behind a fence on April 16, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
June 20, 2017, 10:21 am
Egypt said to ease Gaza power crisis with emergency fuel supply
Palestinian media says some 500 tons of diesel to be trucked in daily after Israel reduces electricity supply to the Strip
By Stuart Winer
Palestinians walk on a dark street during a power outage in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, June 11, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
June 15, 2017, 7:35 pm
US ‘concerned’ about Gaza crisis but says Hamas responsible
State Department underscores need of ‘international support’ for Strip’s recovery and humanitarian assistance to Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Palestinians walk on a street at the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City during a power outage on June 11, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
June 14, 2017, 5:29 pm
UN says Gazans being held hostage to Palestinian feud
Humanitarian coordinator warns further electricity cuts will bring Strip to ‘catastrophe’ and a ‘total collapse of basic services’
By ToI Staff and AFP
A silhouette of a Palestinian boy in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on April 19, 2017. The Gaza Strip's only functioning power plant was out of action. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
April 22, 2017, 10:55 am
Cynically led, and out of electricity, Gaza is close to breaking point again
Hamas is funneling all available resources into its military infrastructure to fight Israel, complaining that Abbas won’t pay for its fuel, and milking everything it can from Gazans. It won’t end well
By Avi Issacharoff
A Palestinian woman helps her son study by candlelight, at their makeshift home in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, April 19, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
April 20, 2017, 3:47 pm
Gaza hospitals on verge of blackout amid energy crisis
As internal Palestinian bickering holds up oil supplies, estimates give medical centers up to 72 hours before generator fuel runs out
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian children stand at the entrance of a shop lit up using a generator during a power cut in a poor neighborhood of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, April 17, 2017. (AFP/MAHMUD HAMS)
April 19, 2017, 5:28 pm
UN envoy: Palestinian leadership must resolve Gaza Strip energy crisis
Nickolay Mladenov calls on Israel to facilitate the provision of materials needed for repair and maintenance of electricity grid
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Trucks loaded with aid enter the Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing on October 12, 2014, in Rafah in southern Gaza. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 22, 2017, 5:15 pm
Keep calm and carry goods: How Israel is keeping truck with Hamas
The protests over electricity in Gaza scared not only Hamas, but also Israel, which fears unrest in the Strip could lead to a new conflict
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian activist Mohammed al-Taluli (top), 25, chants slogans during a protest at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on January 12, 2017, against the Palestinian enclave's ongoing electricity crisis. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
January 19, 2017, 8:51 am
Hamas halts electricity protests, but anger remains
Harsh security crackdown and aid from Qatar have put an end to widespread demonstrations in the Gaza Strip
By Mike Smith
Palestinians take part in a protest against a power crisis in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on September 14, 2015. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
September 15, 2015, 1:50 pm
Gazans protest over lengthy power cuts
Demonstrations across Strip after breakdown in supply from Egypt; pictures of Abbas burned
By Avi Issacharoff and ToI Staff
A Palestinian uses a gas lighter while he works inside his restaurant during a power outage in the Gaza Strip, November 17, 2013. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)
September 13, 2015, 8:59 am
Qatar seeks Israeli gas, solar fields to boost Gaza power
Doha’s rehabilitation czar for the Strip says his country will foot infrastructure bill to spark energy cooperation
By ToI Staff
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