#GazaUnderAttack | Official: 3 Israel-Gaza power lines damaged

Ma’an News Agency | Aug 25, 2014 |  20:44 (MaanImages) Tweet GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Three Israeli power lines that provide the Gaza Strip with electricity were damaged Monday, the director of public relations in Gaza’s power plant said. Jamal al-Dardasawi told Ma’an that the power schedule went down from six hours to four hours […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | What the MFA got wrong on Gaza

Gaza Gateway | Posted on August 24, 2014 In parallel to the fighting that rages on with devastating force in Gaza and Israel, there is another fierce battle being fought – this one over narrative. This week, the Israeli foreign ministry released a video and newsletter entitled “The Myth of an Israeli Siege on Gaza”. […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Gaza running on 6 hours of electricity per day

Ma’an News Agency | updated) 17/08/2014 09:34   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Most of Gaza is currently operating on six hours of electricity per day, the Strip’s power authority said in a statement Saturday. The Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority will be able to continue supplying Gaza with that amount of power each day […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Gazans left without electricity after Israel hits power plant

  Photo shows a Palestinian firefighter trying to put out a fire at Gaza’s main power plant, July 29, 2014.     PressTV  Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:23PM GMT   Thousands of residents across the besieged Gaza Strip have been left without electricity after Israel destroyed the impoverished territory’s only power plant, Press TV reports. […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel completely cuts electricity to Gaza

[ PIC 19/07/2014 – 03:19 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The power distribution company in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation authority completely severed the power supplies to the Gaza Strip. This Israeli measure raised the current power deficit in Gaza from 80 percent to 90 percent, according to an official in the electricity company. Director […]

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VIDEO | #GazaUnderSiege | Gaza Without Electricity

  Published on Nov 4, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/gazaundersiege Video Released By : Anzar A.   Related Special Topic | Egypts Siege on Gaza – Live Blog Special Topic | All Israeli Cease Fire Violations – Live Blog Special Topic | Gaza Under Attack – Photo Blog Special Topic | Slow Death of Gaza– Latest Report

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Dearth of Egypt fuel threatens Gaza’s farmlands

Gaza’s ongoing electricity crisis has also worsened since the smuggling tunnels stopped operating, depriving the strip’s roughly 1.7 million inhabitants of badly-needed Egyptian fuel World Bulletin/News Desk | Oct 22, 2013 The tomatoes, cucumbers and eggplants that 52-year-old Gazan farmer Hassan Abd Rabo has been growing in his 9,000-square-meter farm are becoming drier, as yellow […]

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PHOTOS | Children of Gaza during candle light sit-in to protest electricity crisis and fuel scarcity – Sept 19 2013

Photos by PalInfo.com   Related Special Topic | Egypts Siege on Gaza – Live Blog Special Topic | All Israeli Cease Fire Violations – Live Blog Special Topic | Gaza Under Attack – Photo Blog Special Topic | Slow Death of Gaza– Latest Report

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Egyptian official is happy that Gaza electricity plant stopped working

Middle East Monitor | Sept 18, 2013 Former Egyptian Electricity Minister Osama Kamal has appeared happy on a local Egyptian television network, rejoicing: “We succeeded in closing the only electricity plant in Gaza.” Speaking to a talk show on Egyptian Al-Hayat TV, Kamal attributed the news to “the great [and] successful efforts of the Egyptian […]

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URGENT ▶ Silent Genocide: Lives of 360 Gaza patients in danger

Al Ray | Aug 6, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday  announced  in a statement that closing Rafah crossing put lives of 360 patients in danger. The statement explained  that these patients have official reference documentation to be treated abroad, but closing Rafah crossing by the Egyptian authorities prevented them […]

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(While Israel loots Gaza’s natural assets) UN official warns of fuel shortage in Gaza

[ PIC 24/07/2013 – 01:35 PM ] NEWYORK, (PIC)– The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, said Tuesday that 80 percent of tunnels used to smuggle goods and arms into the Gaza Strip from Egypt are “no longer functioning” due to a crackdown by the Egyptian military after it ousted […]

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While looting Palestine’s natural resources: IEC demands the PA to pay $280m in electricity bills

[ PIC 07/07/2013 – 10:32 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) said that the Palestinian Authority owed it more than 280 million dollars in electricity bills. The IEC told the Israeli parliament’s economic committee in a discussion on Friday that the bills are jointly shared by the Palestinian electricity company and the […]

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Gaza Under Attack by Deprivation Policies: “We have only 20% of fuel stock” ~ Gaza’s Health Ministry

[ PIC 06/07/2013 – 06:09 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza warned on Saturday of the seriousness of the situation in the health sector in light of the shortage of fuel. Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, ministry spokesman, said: “The stifling crisis of fuel in Gaza has a significant impact on the […]

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Gaza municipalities warn fuel shortage would cause real catastrophe

[ PIC 03/07/2013 – 08:13 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The municipalities of the Gaza Strip warned that the continuation of the fuel crisis would provoke an imminent real catastrophe represented in the disruption of the work of key and vital sectors. The spokesman for Gaza Municipalities Union said during a news conference held on Wednesday […]

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Ministry of economy warns of humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to fuel crisis

[ PIC 01/07/2013 – 11:18 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian deputy minister of economy Hatem Oweida warned on Sunday of a humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged Gaza Strip if the fuel crisis kept worsening due to the closure of tunnels between Gaza and Egypt. In a local televised interview, Oweida said that the crisis of […]

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