7 july 2017
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) scaled down the amount of water it supplies to the central West Bank city of Salfit for the second day in a row, causing severe damage to field crops.
Local sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that IOA reduced the water supply by more than 50%, pushing the local municipal authorities to cut off the water to large areas in the city.
Every summer Israel implements a policy of water cuts against Palestinian communities to meet the increased demand for water in settlements.
Even without the cutbacks, the amount of water supplied to Palestinian communities is much smaller than the water available to Israeli settlers in the neighboring settlements and falls short of the amount recommended by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO).
Local sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that IOA reduced the water supply by more than 50%, pushing the local municipal authorities to cut off the water to large areas in the city.
Every summer Israel implements a policy of water cuts against Palestinian communities to meet the increased demand for water in settlements.
Even without the cutbacks, the amount of water supplied to Palestinian communities is much smaller than the water available to Israeli settlers in the neighboring settlements and falls short of the amount recommended by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO).
The Israeli occupation forces on Friday seized an agricultural tractor from a Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley.
Anti-settlement activist Aref Daraghma said the Israeli soldiers stole an agricultural tractor from a Palestinian land near al-Hamra checkpoint, in the Jordan Valley.
The seized tractor reportedly belongs to the Palestinian farmer Salem Ramadin.
Palestinian agricultural kit in the Jordan Valley has often been misappropriated by the Israeli occupation forces as part of underway attempts to crack down on Palestinian farmers and force them out of their own lands.
Anti-settlement activist Aref Daraghma said the Israeli soldiers stole an agricultural tractor from a Palestinian land near al-Hamra checkpoint, in the Jordan Valley.
The seized tractor reportedly belongs to the Palestinian farmer Salem Ramadin.
Palestinian agricultural kit in the Jordan Valley has often been misappropriated by the Israeli occupation forces as part of underway attempts to crack down on Palestinian farmers and force them out of their own lands.
6 july 2017
Palestinians setting up roots in Salfit sounded distress signals on Thursday after the Israeli occupation authorities cut water supplies pouring into the city.
According to local sources, water supplies to Salfit have been curtailed by up to 60%, forcing the local municipality to rein in the distribution and consumption of drinking water.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the IOA has been transferring water supplies stolen from the Palestinians to some 25 illegal settlement outposts built on Palestinian lands in Salfit.
In Maali’s terms, such moves make part of Israeli attempts to tighten the noose around Palestinians’ neck in Salfit so as to force them out of the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
According to local sources, water supplies to Salfit have been curtailed by up to 60%, forcing the local municipality to rein in the distribution and consumption of drinking water.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the IOA has been transferring water supplies stolen from the Palestinians to some 25 illegal settlement outposts built on Palestinian lands in Salfit.
In Maali’s terms, such moves make part of Israeli attempts to tighten the noose around Palestinians’ neck in Salfit so as to force them out of the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the town of Doha, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, broke into a lathe workshop and confiscated one machine.
The invasion was carried out by several army jeeps, and truck, before the soldiers stormed a lathe workshop, owned by members of Abu Tarboush family, violently searched the property and confiscated a lathe machine.
The soldiers also invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched many homes, causing damage, and withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
The invasion was carried out by several army jeeps, and truck, before the soldiers stormed a lathe workshop, owned by members of Abu Tarboush family, violently searched the property and confiscated a lathe machine.
The soldiers also invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched many homes, causing damage, and withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
5 july 2017
The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday morning stormed Khirbet al-Hima in the northern Jordan Valley and removed solar-powered devices.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers along with Civil Administration and Energy Authority staff members, broke into the area a few days earlier and subjected the Palestinian locals to exhaustive questioning.
The Israeli soldiers took out solar energy cells without prior notifications.
The locals said the move dovetails Israeli attempts to force them out of the area.
The snatched cells are reportedly funded by European institutions as part of underway endeavors to secure much-needed power supplies for Palestinians setting up roots in the Jordan Valley.
The Israeli occupation authorities have frequently held sway over Palestinian solar cells, water tanks, and agricultural kit in Khirbet al-Hima in an attempt to tighten the noose around Palestinians’ neck and grab hold of their lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers along with Civil Administration and Energy Authority staff members, broke into the area a few days earlier and subjected the Palestinian locals to exhaustive questioning.
The Israeli soldiers took out solar energy cells without prior notifications.
The locals said the move dovetails Israeli attempts to force them out of the area.
The snatched cells are reportedly funded by European institutions as part of underway endeavors to secure much-needed power supplies for Palestinians setting up roots in the Jordan Valley.
The Israeli occupation authorities have frequently held sway over Palestinian solar cells, water tanks, and agricultural kit in Khirbet al-Hima in an attempt to tighten the noose around Palestinians’ neck and grab hold of their lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
3 july 2017
The Egyptian authorities allowed on Monday afternoon the entry of more fuel shipments to Gaza's power plant.
Borders and Crossings Authority in the Gaza Ministry of Interior and National Security affirmed that 13 Egyptian trucks carrying fuel are expected to arrive in Gaza by this evening.
However, the Egyptian fuel supplies entering Gaza are not sufficient to make any improvement in the electricity schedules.
The Gazans are only provided 4 hours of electricity a day due to the breakdown of the Egyptian lines feeding the Gaza Strip provinces and the cutback imposed on the power supplied to Gaza through the Israeli lines.
Borders and Crossings Authority in the Gaza Ministry of Interior and National Security affirmed that 13 Egyptian trucks carrying fuel are expected to arrive in Gaza by this evening.
However, the Egyptian fuel supplies entering Gaza are not sufficient to make any improvement in the electricity schedules.
The Gazans are only provided 4 hours of electricity a day due to the breakdown of the Egyptian lines feeding the Gaza Strip provinces and the cutback imposed on the power supplied to Gaza through the Israeli lines.
The Egyptian power lines that feed the southern Gaza Strip have been repaired on Sunday after fixing damages in a transformer station in al-Arish that caused a service cut-off for three days.
Abdullah al-Najili, head of media and public relations department at Rafah electricity Distribution Company, said that Gaza Line 1 and Filistin Line were operating again with the capacity of 17 megawatts. A technical damage hit Gaza 2 Line which capacity was estimated at 10 megawatts. It is being fixed, he highlighted.
Egypt supplies the besieged Gaza Strip with 27 megawatts from al-Wahshi power station in al-Arish. The conveyor power lines get usually damaged due to the ongoing security conflict in Sinai.
Power Distribution Company in the blockaded Gaza Strip announced on Saturday that the third power generator in the sole Gaza power plant was functioning.
Abdullah al-Najili, head of media and public relations department at Rafah electricity Distribution Company, said that Gaza Line 1 and Filistin Line were operating again with the capacity of 17 megawatts. A technical damage hit Gaza 2 Line which capacity was estimated at 10 megawatts. It is being fixed, he highlighted.
Egypt supplies the besieged Gaza Strip with 27 megawatts from al-Wahshi power station in al-Arish. The conveyor power lines get usually damaged due to the ongoing security conflict in Sinai.
Power Distribution Company in the blockaded Gaza Strip announced on Saturday that the third power generator in the sole Gaza power plant was functioning.
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian man after the army invaded al-Mogheer village, northeast of Ramallah, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing fires in a car and three dunams of farmlands.
Medical sources said one Palestinian was shot with a live Israeli bullet, before he was rushed to a hospital in Ramallah, while many residents suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, at least three dunams of farmland, and a car owned by a Palestinian identified as Osama Abu Alia, were burnt due to the dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades that were fired by the invading soldiers.
Medical sources said one Palestinian was shot with a live Israeli bullet, before he was rushed to a hospital in Ramallah, while many residents suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, at least three dunams of farmland, and a car owned by a Palestinian identified as Osama Abu Alia, were burnt due to the dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades that were fired by the invading soldiers.
28 june 2017
Israeli settlers reportedly started a fire near the Palestinian village of Burin. in the occupied West Bank district of Nablus, on Wednesday afternoon.
According to an Israeli army spokesperson, suspects coming from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar approached Burin on Wednesday afternoon, igniting a fire on lands near the village before fleeing the scene.
The spokesperson added, according to Ma’an News Agency, that while the fire was extinguished by Israeli forces, no detentions were carried out at the scene, and that the case was transferred to Israeli police.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that he was not aware of the case.
According to footage shared on social media by Palestinian news agency al-Quds (photo), Israeli soldiers and police officers were on the scene protecting the settlers.
Israeli news outlet Ynet reported, on Wednesday, that the Israeli army has been increasingly struggling to handle Yitzhar settlers, notorious for being violent against both Palestinians and Israeli forces, as well as for their fanatical ideology.
Unnamed soldiers said that they had not been trained to respond to stone throwing by Jewish Israelis, and that they felt that their presence during clashes between settlers and Palestinians without intervening against the settlers was giving Yitzhar residents an impression of “legitimacy.”
The arson attack on Wednesday came as Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said that investigations were ongoing against two Israeli settlers from Yitzhar who were suspected of throwing rocks at an Israeli ambulance, earlier this month. Al-Samri also confirmed the detention of an Israeli minor in connection with an attack against Israeli forces in Yitzhar, on Sunday.
The arrests marked a rare instance of Israeli settlers being held accountable for acts of violence, as a number of recent incidents in which settlers in the area attacked Israeli army personnel have gone unpunished.
Several settler attacks have been carried out in Palestinian villages near Yitzhar in recent months, including the destruction of some 45 olive trees near Burin, on Sunday.
PNN recently reported that Yitzhar settlers are continuing to dump their waste on agricultural land owned by Palestinians south of occupied Nablus, causing damages to the land and its owners.
Anti-settlement activist Bilal Eid said the settlers from Yitzhar continue their attacks against Palestinians, which have resulted in the death and injury of many citizens, not to mention damage to Palestinian property.
He explained that the dumping of harmful waste on Palestinian land, especially in the village of Burin, aims to pressure Palestinian citizens who live in areas close to the illegal settlements to leave their land allowing Israel to annex it to the settlements.
Villages and towns south of Nablus, including the village of Burin have repeatedly been attacked by the Israeli army under the pretext of providing protection for Jewish settlers living in the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, which is located on the agricultural land owned by Palestinians south of Nablus.
A number of Palestinians, including a 72-year-old woman and a shepherd, have been hospitalized since April following attacks near Yitzhar, as a number of Palestinians were shot by Israeli forces who arrived to the scene to “disperse” the clashes.
Palestinian activists and rights groups have repeatedly accused Israel of fostering a “culture of impunity” for Israeli settlers and soldiers committing violent acts against Palestinians, while Palestinians face up to 20 years in prison for throwing stones if intent to harm could be proven, and face a minimum prison sentence of three years for throwing a stone at an Israeli.
In March, Israeli NGO Yesh Din revealed that Israeli authorities served indictments in only 8.2 percent of cases of Israeli settlers committing anti-Palestinian crimes in the occupied West Bank in the past three years — in comparison to a 90 to 99 percent conviction rate for Palestinians in Israeli military courts.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law, with recent announcements of settlement expansion provoking condemnation from the international community.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), there were a total of 107 reported settler attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2016, with 65 attacks being reported since the start of 2017.
According to an Israeli army spokesperson, suspects coming from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar approached Burin on Wednesday afternoon, igniting a fire on lands near the village before fleeing the scene.
The spokesperson added, according to Ma’an News Agency, that while the fire was extinguished by Israeli forces, no detentions were carried out at the scene, and that the case was transferred to Israeli police.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that he was not aware of the case.
According to footage shared on social media by Palestinian news agency al-Quds (photo), Israeli soldiers and police officers were on the scene protecting the settlers.
Israeli news outlet Ynet reported, on Wednesday, that the Israeli army has been increasingly struggling to handle Yitzhar settlers, notorious for being violent against both Palestinians and Israeli forces, as well as for their fanatical ideology.
Unnamed soldiers said that they had not been trained to respond to stone throwing by Jewish Israelis, and that they felt that their presence during clashes between settlers and Palestinians without intervening against the settlers was giving Yitzhar residents an impression of “legitimacy.”
The arson attack on Wednesday came as Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said that investigations were ongoing against two Israeli settlers from Yitzhar who were suspected of throwing rocks at an Israeli ambulance, earlier this month. Al-Samri also confirmed the detention of an Israeli minor in connection with an attack against Israeli forces in Yitzhar, on Sunday.
The arrests marked a rare instance of Israeli settlers being held accountable for acts of violence, as a number of recent incidents in which settlers in the area attacked Israeli army personnel have gone unpunished.
Several settler attacks have been carried out in Palestinian villages near Yitzhar in recent months, including the destruction of some 45 olive trees near Burin, on Sunday.
PNN recently reported that Yitzhar settlers are continuing to dump their waste on agricultural land owned by Palestinians south of occupied Nablus, causing damages to the land and its owners.
Anti-settlement activist Bilal Eid said the settlers from Yitzhar continue their attacks against Palestinians, which have resulted in the death and injury of many citizens, not to mention damage to Palestinian property.
He explained that the dumping of harmful waste on Palestinian land, especially in the village of Burin, aims to pressure Palestinian citizens who live in areas close to the illegal settlements to leave their land allowing Israel to annex it to the settlements.
Villages and towns south of Nablus, including the village of Burin have repeatedly been attacked by the Israeli army under the pretext of providing protection for Jewish settlers living in the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, which is located on the agricultural land owned by Palestinians south of Nablus.
A number of Palestinians, including a 72-year-old woman and a shepherd, have been hospitalized since April following attacks near Yitzhar, as a number of Palestinians were shot by Israeli forces who arrived to the scene to “disperse” the clashes.
Palestinian activists and rights groups have repeatedly accused Israel of fostering a “culture of impunity” for Israeli settlers and soldiers committing violent acts against Palestinians, while Palestinians face up to 20 years in prison for throwing stones if intent to harm could be proven, and face a minimum prison sentence of three years for throwing a stone at an Israeli.
In March, Israeli NGO Yesh Din revealed that Israeli authorities served indictments in only 8.2 percent of cases of Israeli settlers committing anti-Palestinian crimes in the occupied West Bank in the past three years — in comparison to a 90 to 99 percent conviction rate for Palestinians in Israeli military courts.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law, with recent announcements of settlement expansion provoking condemnation from the international community.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), there were a total of 107 reported settler attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2016, with 65 attacks being reported since the start of 2017.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the village of Job Al-Theeb, east of Bethlehem city, in the occupied West Bank, and confiscated one hundred solar panels, used for providing electricity to the residents. The soldiers also abducted a Palestinian near Jenin, in northern West Bank.
Hasan Brejiyya, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, in Bethlehem, said a large military force, accompanied by personnel of the “Civil Administration Office,” run by the army in the occupied West Bank, invaded the village, removed and confiscated 100 solar panels.
The army claimed that the panels were installed without a permit from the Civil Administration Office, and that the area is under full Israeli control. The project was completed nearly six months ago, to provide the villagers with electricity.
Brejiyya added that the soldiers briefly detained several members of the Local Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, in addition to journalists working for Awdah Satellite TV station, and prevented them from entering the village.
Furthermore, the soldiers a abducted Mohammad Kamel Abu Bakr, 18, after stopping him at a military roadblock, on the Arraba Junction, while he was heading back home in Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Hasan Brejiyya, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, in Bethlehem, said a large military force, accompanied by personnel of the “Civil Administration Office,” run by the army in the occupied West Bank, invaded the village, removed and confiscated 100 solar panels.
The army claimed that the panels were installed without a permit from the Civil Administration Office, and that the area is under full Israeli control. The project was completed nearly six months ago, to provide the villagers with electricity.
Brejiyya added that the soldiers briefly detained several members of the Local Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, in addition to journalists working for Awdah Satellite TV station, and prevented them from entering the village.
Furthermore, the soldiers a abducted Mohammad Kamel Abu Bakr, 18, after stopping him at a military roadblock, on the Arraba Junction, while he was heading back home in Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, invaded several shops, after breaking their doors, and confiscated surveillance tapes.
Media sources in the refugee camp said the soldiers broke into many stores, along the main Bethlehem-Hebron road, in addition to Doha Local Council building, across the road, violently searched them and confiscated surveillance tapes.
They added that clashes took place between the invading soldiers and dozens of local youngsters, and that the army fired many gas bombs.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, stopped many cars and photographed them, while examining the ID cards of many Palestinians.
Media sources in the refugee camp said the soldiers broke into many stores, along the main Bethlehem-Hebron road, in addition to Doha Local Council building, across the road, violently searched them and confiscated surveillance tapes.
They added that clashes took place between the invading soldiers and dozens of local youngsters, and that the army fired many gas bombs.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, stopped many cars and photographed them, while examining the ID cards of many Palestinians.
27 june 2017
Three Palestinian toddlers were pronounced dead in Gaza in no more than 24 hours, after the Palestinian Authority (PA), chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, denied them urgent treatment.
The Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qudra, said nine-month-old Ibrahim Samir Tbeil breathed his last at the intensive care unit in al-Rentisi Hospital.
Al-Qudra warned that 3,000 to 4,000 babies in Gaza are in need of urgent treatment outside the besieged coastal enclave.
A few hours earlier, a toddler with cardiovascular disorders was pronounced dead at al-Shifa Medical Center in Gaza after he was prevented by the PA from receiving treatment outside Gaza. The baby was identified as Baraa Ghaban.
Sometime earlier, al-Qudra warned that the toddler was on the verge of death due to a severe heart disease. He was pronounced dead three hours later.
On Monday afternoon, a third baby—Mus’ab Bilal al-Areir— died in the coastal enclave.
Al-Qudra and human rights activists held the PA and the Israeli occupation accountable for the death of the three Gazan toddlers, warning that more deaths might be recorded in the next few hours if urgent steps are not taken.
Head of the nursery department at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, Abu Hamda, appealed to all human rights organizations and medical institutions to take urgent action and work on saving Gaza’s newborns before it is too late.
Abu Hamda said other babies have been diagnosed with deadly symptoms and risk to die at any possible moment if they do not receive urgent treatment somewhere outside of Gaza’s underequipped hospitals.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the reluctance maintained by the PA claimed the lives of nine patients, among whom three babies, since the start of 2017.
The Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qudra, said nine-month-old Ibrahim Samir Tbeil breathed his last at the intensive care unit in al-Rentisi Hospital.
Al-Qudra warned that 3,000 to 4,000 babies in Gaza are in need of urgent treatment outside the besieged coastal enclave.
A few hours earlier, a toddler with cardiovascular disorders was pronounced dead at al-Shifa Medical Center in Gaza after he was prevented by the PA from receiving treatment outside Gaza. The baby was identified as Baraa Ghaban.
Sometime earlier, al-Qudra warned that the toddler was on the verge of death due to a severe heart disease. He was pronounced dead three hours later.
On Monday afternoon, a third baby—Mus’ab Bilal al-Areir— died in the coastal enclave.
Al-Qudra and human rights activists held the PA and the Israeli occupation accountable for the death of the three Gazan toddlers, warning that more deaths might be recorded in the next few hours if urgent steps are not taken.
Head of the nursery department at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, Abu Hamda, appealed to all human rights organizations and medical institutions to take urgent action and work on saving Gaza’s newborns before it is too late.
Abu Hamda said other babies have been diagnosed with deadly symptoms and risk to die at any possible moment if they do not receive urgent treatment somewhere outside of Gaza’s underequipped hospitals.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the reluctance maintained by the PA claimed the lives of nine patients, among whom three babies, since the start of 2017.
25 june 2017
Israeli settlers on Saturday burned down dozens of olive trees in Qaryout, south of Nablus, as celebrations for Eid al-Fitr got underway in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Coordinator for the anti-settlement committee, Bashar al-Qaryouti, said olive trees planted on Palestinian land west of Qaryout were burned to a crisp by extremist Israeli settlers.
The Palestinian locals were shocked as they caught sight of dozens of olive trees reduced to ashes, added Qaryouti.
Coordinator for the anti-settlement committee, Bashar al-Qaryouti, said olive trees planted on Palestinian land west of Qaryout were burned to a crisp by extremist Israeli settlers.
The Palestinian locals were shocked as they caught sight of dozens of olive trees reduced to ashes, added Qaryouti.
24 june 2017
The Petroleum Authority in the Gaza Strip said the Egyptian authorities allowed the entry of 700,000 liters of local diesel on Friday to the besieged territory to be used by the commercial sector.
In press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), head of the authority Khalil Shafqa stated that importing diesel supplies from Egypt to Gaza took place following recent understanding with officials in Cairo.
Shafqa affirmed that the understandings included supplying Gaza with diesel for its power plant and commercial sector.
Truckloads of 1,200,000 liters of diesel had already arrived in Gaza over the past two days for the power plant, according to the Palestinian official.
The Rafah border crossing is expected to be opened on Saturday to allow in more trucks laden with industrial fuel
The Egyptian industrial fuel is cheaper than the Israeli one, and this would have positive impacts on consumers and the domestic market in Gaza.
These fuel shipments have been paid for by the competent authorities in Gaza.
In press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), head of the authority Khalil Shafqa stated that importing diesel supplies from Egypt to Gaza took place following recent understanding with officials in Cairo.
Shafqa affirmed that the understandings included supplying Gaza with diesel for its power plant and commercial sector.
Truckloads of 1,200,000 liters of diesel had already arrived in Gaza over the past two days for the power plant, according to the Palestinian official.
The Rafah border crossing is expected to be opened on Saturday to allow in more trucks laden with industrial fuel
The Egyptian industrial fuel is cheaper than the Israeli one, and this would have positive impacts on consumers and the domestic market in Gaza.
These fuel shipments have been paid for by the competent authorities in Gaza.
22 june 2017
The Israeli occupation authorities reduced on Thursday their electricity feed to the blockaded Gaza Strip, a few days after it had opted for a similar measure.
Power supplies from Beit Lahiya and Jabalia lines, along with supplies from line 7 and line 9 have been reduced.
As a result Gaza receives no more than eight megawatts from every line, down from 12 megawatts.
In total, the cutback is estimated at 48 megawatts, out of 120 megawatts provided by the ten Israeli power lines to Gaza.
The cutback is expected to shorten the daily power supplies that Gaza’s two million residents receive from an electricity grid dependent on Israeli supplies.
The Palestinian Energy Authority warned of the tragic fallouts of the measure and held the Israeli occupation authorities and the other concerned parties accountable for the repercussions of the cutback.
Over recent days, an Israeli cutback has begun in line with the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority's government decision to reduce its contribution to the monthly cost of Israeli electricity supplies to the coastal enclave.
Power supplies from Beit Lahiya and Jabalia lines, along with supplies from line 7 and line 9 have been reduced.
As a result Gaza receives no more than eight megawatts from every line, down from 12 megawatts.
In total, the cutback is estimated at 48 megawatts, out of 120 megawatts provided by the ten Israeli power lines to Gaza.
The cutback is expected to shorten the daily power supplies that Gaza’s two million residents receive from an electricity grid dependent on Israeli supplies.
The Palestinian Energy Authority warned of the tragic fallouts of the measure and held the Israeli occupation authorities and the other concerned parties accountable for the repercussions of the cutback.
Over recent days, an Israeli cutback has begun in line with the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority's government decision to reduce its contribution to the monthly cost of Israeli electricity supplies to the coastal enclave.