Gaza authority of energy: humanitarian catastrophe imminent

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen Net
11 May 2023 18:17

The Energy Authority noted that the state of energy sectors would have consequences on other sectors and services such as the health sector, medical services, sewage treatment, water supply, and others.

The debris of civilian buildings following the Israeli aggression on Gaza May 9, 2023 (Archive)

The Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority in the Gaza Strip assessed that the energy sector in Gaza is in critical condition as a result of the brutal Israeli aggression, warning that the suspension of fuel imports necessary for the operation of power plants, due to the blocking of border crossings would result in a definite humanitarian catastrophe.

The single power plant in the strip has already been strained over the past 16 years due to the blockade enforced on Gaza; the sector is steeply deteriorating due to the suspension of resources. The plant is expected to be completely out of order as the limited stock fuel in the strip is being depleted.

The Energy Authority noted that the state of energy sectors would have consequences on other sectors and services such as the health sector, medical services, sewage treatment, water supply, and others.

The Authority also called for immediate and urgent intervention to open the border crossings for the fuel necessary to operate the power plant.

This comes as the Israeli occupation continues its heinous aggression against the Gaza Strip for the third day in a row, while the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of Palestinians martyred, as a result, has risen to 25, in addition to more than 70 injuries.

The IOF launched at Tuesday dawn aggression against the Gaza Strip, targeting civilian homes and several locations, and murdering 15 Palestinians, including five women and four children.

The Israeli occupation had launched an aggression against Gaza and targeted several areas in the Strip, including the homes of PIJ leaders, which resulted in the deaths of 13 Palestinians, including three Al-Quds Brigades leaders.

On Wednesday, Al Mayadeen correspondent in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian was martyred and another was seriously injured in an Israeli occupation shelling that targeted east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Strip.

Early on Thursday morning, Three Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building in Hamad City, northwest of Khan Yunis, the Gaza Strip, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported.