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Israeli energy minister orders to stop power supplies to Gaza — radio

According to Kan, Israel supplied electricity to a Gaza to feed a desalination plant in the central part of the enclave

TEL AVIV, March 9. /TASS/. Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has ordered to cut power supplies to the Gaza Strip, the Kan broadcaster said.

According to Kan, Israel supplied electricity to a Gaza to feed a desalination plant in the central part of the enclave. The bulk of electricity in Gaza is generated by power generators inside the enclave. However, there have been no fuel supplies for a week.

In mid-January, Israel and Hamas reached an Egypt-, Qatar-, and US-brokered three-stage agreement to release the hostages held in Gaza and declare a ceasefire in the enclave. The three-phase deal took effect on January 19. The initial 42-day phase of the ceasefire ended on March 1. All the living Israeli hostages and the bodies of those deceased that were supposed to be handed over in the first stage were returned to Israel. In exchange, Israel released over 1,500 Palestinian prisoners.

On March 2, Israel suspended humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and closed all checkpoints, citing Hamas’s refusal to accept US Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff’s plan to continue Gaza ceasefire talks.