The only power plant in the Gaza Strip has stopped working
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In the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, due to a lack of fuel, the only power plant stopped working. Electricity supplies from Israel, which accounted for most of the sector’s energy supply, were halted after the Hamas attack on October 7. Diesel generators are still the only source of electricity in the sector, and it is unknown how long the fuel reserves will be for them. The UN believes that this could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe in the region.
Hamas forces continue to fire rockets into the south and center of Israel. The Israeli army (IDF) is retaliating against military targets in the Gaza Strip. In addition, Israel is shelling the border areas of Lebanon, from where earlier rockets were launched into the territory of Israel. The radical Islamist group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attacks. The Lebanese army reported that it had discovered where the fire was being directed at Israel. There remained unused ammunition, which the Lebanese military is now deactivating.
At least 1,200 people have died in Israel since the beginning of the Hamas invasion, and about 2,400 have been injured. The chief rabbi of Israel allowed to continue work on the identification of the bodies of the dead, including on Shabbat.
The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip reports 950 dead and 5,000 wounded during Israeli attacks.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan called Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Gaza “mass murder.” Turkey offers its mediation in negotiations with Hamas.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict should be the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state. He called on the warring parties to minimize civilian casualties. “If the men decide to fight, let them fight among themselves. Leave the children and women alone,” Putin said. He also accused the United States of not making enough efforts to resolve the conflict, and now aggravating it by sending aircraft carrier groups to Israel’s shores.
The Egyptian authorities are discussing the issue of providing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in the event of a temporary ceasefire.
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