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#GazaUnderAttack | Lack of fuel and electricity may cause humanitarian catastrophe at Gaza hospitals

  He noted that four hospitals have been without electricity for four days including Beit Hanoun hospital, Mohammed Al-Dura hospital, Kamal Adwan hospital, and Shifa hospital MEMO | July 25, 2014 A Palestinian Health Ministry official warned that the continued blackouts and acute shortage of fuel in the Gaza Strip are threatening to cause a […]

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PHOTOS | Gaza Strip plunged into darkness as fuel runs out

Ma’an News Agencies |  Nov 16, 2013 18:39 Fuel shortages have caused daily life in the Gaza Strip to grind slowly to a halt, as power plants and water pumps are forced to shut down, cutting off access to basic necessities for 1.7 million residents. The lack of diesel fuel is a result of the […]

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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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VIDEO | Gaza’s sole power plant shuts down due to fuel shortage

Published on Nov 4, 2013 The Energy authority in the Gaza strip say a shortage of fuel has halted the production of electricity across the blockaded coastal enclave. They say this is because the stock of fuel is zero. The situation results from Israel’s destruction of tunnels used for bringing fuel into Gaza. The Energy […]

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PHOTOS | Gaza Children sit-in to protest power cuts and banning entry of fuel by Israel – Nov 3, 2013

Nov 3, 2013 Photos by PalInfo.com   Related Electricity outage has serious impacts on Health: Minister of Health – Al Ray Agencies – Nov 4, 2013     Related Special Topic | Egypts Siege on Gaza – Live Blog Special Topic | All Israeli Cease Fire Violations – Live Blog Special Topic | Gaza Under […]

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Gaza’s power plant stopped working on Friday after consuming the last drop of fuel

LIVE BLOG | #GazaUnderAttack | Israel bombs Gaza Kills 4 in 251st ceasefire violation | Oct 31, 013 Power plant shutdown to create humanitarian crisis in Gaza World Bulletin/News Desk | Nov 3, 2013 The shutdown of Gaza’s sole power plant due to fuel shortage is raising worries of a humanitarian catastrophe across the Palestinian […]

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Fuel shortage causes power outage in Gaza

LIVE BLOG | #GazaUnderAttack | Israel Kills 4 in 251st ceasefire violation | Oct 31, 013 Palestinian school children do homework on candle light during a power cut in Gaza City. (File photo) PressTV | Fri Nov 1, 2013 10:49AM GMT The production of electricity has halted in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip due to a […]

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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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Public health sector in Gaza faces disaster under tightened siege

Intensive care medical units such as this one at the Al-Emarati Hospital in Gaza face significant cuts to their power and medical supplies Middle East Monitor | Sept 21, 2013 The Minister of Health in Gaza has urged the international community to put pressure on Israel and Egypt to lift the siege and allow medicines, […]

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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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Government warns of environmental disaster due to shortage of fuel | #OpenRafahBorder Now!

[ PIC 17/09/2013 – 07:57 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government warned of an environmental disaster in Gaza due to the siege, especially as untreated sewage water is pumped into the sea, which increases the problem of pollution and its impact on the environmental situation and human health. Minister of Local Government, Dr. Mohammed […]

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Gaza wastewater treatment plant stops functioning

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 17, 2013 Gaza, Alray – After the running out of fuel supplies, the Minister of local government in Gaza Mohammed Al -Farra announced on Monday evening that the wastewater treatment plant stopped functioning and the municipalities are going to pump the sewage water into the sea . Al-Farra said on […]

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#GazaCrisis | Transport ministry: The fuel crisis rendered thousands of taxi drivers jobless

[ PIC 07/09/2013 – 02:32 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of transport in Gaza warned that the acute fuel shortage in Gaza rendered thousands of taxi drivers unemployed after their vehicles became out of service. According to Palestinian officials in Gaza, the current fuel crisis is mainly attributed to Egypt’s destruction of most […]

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Gaza crisis deepens as Egypt closes border and tunnels

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 2, 2013   Gaza, Alray – Since the military coup took power in Egypt on 3 July the crisis engulfing the Gaza Strip has deepened following the closure of the Rafah Border Crossing and many of the lifeline tunnels by the Egyptian coup authorities. Fuel supplies in particular are being […]

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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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