After Israel imposed a blockade in retaliation for the attack by Hamas on Saturday (October 7), cutting off supplies, Gaza has shut down its only power plant as it has run out of fuel, the Energy Ministry said on Wednesday (October 11).That will leave only generators to power the territory.The blackouts come as Israel has decided to block fuel shipments into the Gaza Strip as part of what the Israeli government has called a “complete siege” on the territory run by the Hamas militant group.The total death count on both sides is mounting to more than 3,600. The number of people who have died in Israel has crossed 1,200, while officials in Gaza have reported the deaths of 900 people so far. The Israeli army also said that it had recovered the bodies of about 1,500 Hamas militants inside the country. Thousands have been wounded on both sides. Israeli warplanes and artillery hammered neighbourhood after neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety. Humanitarian groups pleaded for the creation of corridors that would allow them to deliver aid, saying hospitals were overwhelmed with wounded people and running out of supplies. Israel has stopped the entry of food, fuel, and medicines into Gaza in response to Hamas' bloody incursion into Israel on Saturday (October 7). The sole remaining access from Egypt shut down on Tuesday (October 10) after airstrikes hit near the border crossing. The war is expected to escalate. New exchanges of fire over Israeli's northern borders with militants in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday (October 10) pointed to the risk of an expanded regional conflict. In Israel and beyond, the families of more than 150 people kidnapped by Hamas and other militant groups feared for the lives of their loved ones. The armed wing of Hamas has warned it will kill one of the hostages every time Israel's military bombs civilian targets in Gaza without warning.The Federal reports on the Israel-Hamas warWatch | Timeline: The Palestine-Israel conflictExplainer | What happened on October 6, 1973?Explainer | Why is Jerusalem key to both Judaism and Islam?Opinion | Israel’s real problem is not its legislation, laws or institutions
After Israel imposed a blockade in retaliation for the attack by Hamas on Saturday (October 7), cutting off supplies, Gaza has shut down its only power plant as it has run out of fuel, the Energy Ministry said on Wednesday (October 11).That will leave only generators to power the territory.The blackouts come as Israel has decided to block fuel shipments into the Gaza Strip as part of what the Israeli government has called a “complete siege” on the territory run by the Hamas militant group.The total death count on both sides is mounting to more than 3,600. The number of people who have died in Israel has crossed 1,200, while officials in Gaza have reported the deaths of 900 people so far. The Israeli army also said that it had recovered the bodies of about 1,500 Hamas militants inside the country. Thousands have been wounded on both sides. Israeli warplanes and artillery hammered neighbourhood after neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety. Humanitarian groups pleaded for the creation of corridors that would allow them to deliver aid, saying hospitals were overwhelmed with wounded people and running out of supplies. Israel has stopped the entry of food, fuel, and medicines into Gaza in response to Hamas' bloody incursion into Israel on Saturday (October 7). The sole remaining access from Egypt shut down on Tuesday (October 10) after airstrikes hit near the border crossing. The war is expected to escalate. New exchanges of fire over Israeli's northern borders with militants in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday (October 10) pointed to the risk of an expanded regional conflict. In Israel and beyond, the families of more than 150 people kidnapped by Hamas and other militant groups feared for the lives of their loved ones. The armed wing of Hamas has warned it will kill one of the hostages every time Israel's military bombs civilian targets in Gaza without warning.The Federal reports on the Israel-Hamas warWatch | Timeline: The Palestine-Israel conflictExplainer | What happened on October 6, 1973?Explainer | Why is Jerusalem key to both Judaism and Islam?Opinion | Israel’s real problem is not its legislation, laws or institutions