Gaza's sole power plant to completely run out in 12 hours
The Gaza Strip's sole power plant and only current provider of electricity will run out of fuel in 10 to 12 hours, Palestinian Energy Authority Chairman Thafer Melhem told Voice of Palestine radio on Wednesday.
Israel cut off its own electricity supply to Gaza on Monday as part of what it called a "total siege" in response to a mass-infiltration by Palestinian gunmen.
Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory now suffering severe retaliation for the deadly weekend attack by Hamas militants.
Humanitarian groups pleaded for the creation of corridors to get aid into Gaza and warned that hospitals overwhelmed with wounded people were running out of supplies. Israel has stopped entry of food, fuel and medicines into Gaza, and the sole remaining access from Egypt shut down Tuesday after airstrikes hit near the border crossing.
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