[ 24/05/2012 – 10:45 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Spokesman for the health ministry Ashraf Al-Qudra warned that the medical work in Gaza hospitals is still endangered by the power crisis and there is no sufficient fuel even to operate their emergency generators in the coming days. In a press release on Thursday, Qudra stated that […]
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Losses in millions of dollars due to Gaza power crisis
[ PIC 29/03/2012 – 10:03 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza Strip has lost millions of dollars in economic damages as a result of the fuel and power crisis that has been plaguing the enclave for more than a month, an economic expert said. Dr. Maher Al-Taba, public relations director at Gaza chamber of commerce, […]
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#IsraelKills by deprivation – Gaza baby dies as power cut shuts breathing aid – Video
Maan News Agency | March 24, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A seven-month-old baby in Gaza died on Friday evening after medical equipment he was connected to switched off as a result of a power cut, a Hamas-affiliated TV channel said. Gaza medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya confirmed the incident, adding that the infant was […]
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Gaza supplied with 450 litres of industrial diesel to run the power station
[ PIC 23/03/2012 – 07:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Ahmad Abu al-Amrain, head of the information office at the Energy and Natural Resources Authority in Gaza said that they have received confirmation of the start of delivery of 450 thousand litres of industrial diesel imported for the Israeli occupation through the Karm Abu Salem crossing. […]
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Gaza to be connected to Egypt’s power grid: Egyptian envoy
File photo PressTV – Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:15PM GMT The Egyptian Ambassador to Occupied Palestinian Territories Yasser Othman has announced that the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip will be connected to Egypt’s power grid within the next four to five months. In a Wednesday interview with Saudi Arabian newspaper, Al-Sharq, Othman said that Egypt and Gaza […]
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Gaza inventor defies power outage with home-made electric system
A handicapped man in Gaza has become more mobile thanks to his new wheelchair created by Mahmoud Shaheen. (Al Arabiya) By Yusuf Sadek |Arabiya Gaza | March 21, 2012 Power outage is one of the main problems facing residents of Gaza since Israel bombed the power generators that provide the strip with electricity five years […]
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Human rights group: The crisis of fuel in Gaza paralyzed civilian life
[ PIC 21/03/2012 – 01:12 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian center for human rights said the crisis of fuel and electricity has paralyzed the daily life in the besieged Gaza Strip and made the lives of citizens much worse than before. “The towns of Gaza have become like ghost towns because of the power […]
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Palestinians prepare to lose the solar panels that provide a lifeline
Israel is planning to demolish ‘illegal’ solar panels that are the only source of electricity for Palestinians in West Bank villages Phoebe Greenwood in Tel Aviv| guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 14 March 2012 A Palestinian man looks at a solar panel in the southern West Bank village of Imneizil. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Two large solar panels […]
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Gaza power station shuts down
[ PIC 11/03/2012 – 10:33 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The sole electricity generation station in Gaza came to a halt on Saturday night for the third time in less than a month after it ran out of fuel. The energy and natural resources authority in Gaza announced in a statement that the station used lately […]
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Connecting the West Bank to solar energy: A day at the Abu Kbeta family compound
Tomer Weinstein on March 8, 2012 | Mondoweiss (Photo: Tomer Weinstein) It was early morning Wednesday, exactly at 6:54am when I boarded the train from Tel-Aviv to Beit Shemesh. I was on my way to meet Noam, co-founder of Comet-ME (Community Electricity and Technology Middle East), one of only a handful of Israeli NGOs operating […]
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Gaza energy authority: Rafah area ready to receive fuel from Egypt
[ PIC 07/03/2012 – 04:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The authority of energy and natural resources in Gaza said it completed the technical procedures for receiving the fuel supplies through Rafah border area according to the agreement signed the Egyptian side. Spokesman for the energy authority Ahmed Abul Amrin said everything is technically ready to […]
Continue readingGaza: The Politics of Darkness
The local power plant – shut down twice in the past two years – was operated again using a limited daily supply of fuel smuggled through the tunnels. (Photo: Shuaib Abou-Jahl) By: Doha Shams Published Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Al Akhbar From the window overlooking the pier of Gaza’s humble port, you can see nothing […]
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Stormy Weather Floods Parts of Gaza, More than 300 Families Affected
” Gaza authorities have set up a special telephone number for families in need of help – 5151050 “ Oxfam-PNN MARCH 6 2012 The Gaza Strip experienced heavy floods and strong winds over the weekend, leaving some of the poorest in the most vulnerable areas exposed to the biting cold and unrelenting rain. The cold, […]
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Gaza factories threatened with shutdown due to power crisis
[ PIC 04/03/2012 – 12:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Head of the federation of Palestinian industries Ali Al-Hayek warned of the serious repercussions of the power outages on the local industrial production in the besieged Gaza Strip. Hayek said that dozens of factories, especially those which work in the fields of construction and food, would […]
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Haneyya: Power crisis will not force us to make concessions
03-03-2012,09:07 Ezzedeen Al Qassam Website GAZA, (Agencies) – Ismail Haneyya, the Prime Minister of the government in Gaza, said that the power crisis in Gaza is part of the pressures being exerted in the Gaza government to give concessions, adding that his government will not succumb to blackmail.Haneyya said during the Friday prayer sermon in one of […]
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