Israel is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza as the country’s energy minister vowed to use “all the tools available” to free the last of the hostages held by Hamas.
The supply of electricity into the Gaza Strip from Israel was cut off suddenly on Sunday by the Israel Electric Corporation on the orders of Energy Minister Eli Cohen.
Displaced Palestinians living in a school run by UNRWA near Gaza City on March 9, 2025. AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi
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“We will employ all the tools available to us so that all the hostages will return, and we will ensure that Hamas won’t be in Gaza on the ‘day after,’” Cohen said in a short video statement.
The decision to cut electricity is expected to also
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