The energy authority in Gaza has urged citizens to limit their electricity use. The sole power station in Gaza has reduced its production to 30 megawatts in the daytime and 50 megawatts at night.
With power usage doubling in the summer months, the plant is only able to meet the needs of half the population.
The reason for this is the drastic fuel shortage. Only 100,000 litres of fuel reaches Gaza every day-well short of the 500,000 litres needed by the 1.7 million residents. In June, the plant was forced to shut completely due to a delay in a shipment of fuel from Qatar.
On Tuesday, the ministry for Energy stated that supplies from Qatar had been reduced by Israel and Egypt, the two countries through which supplies transit. They blamed "Israeli intransigence and the clear failure of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum," more
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