GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Gaza's sole power station shut down on Sunday morning after two days of electricity production, as Palestinian officials in Cairo sought to end the fuel shortage in the coastal strip.
Director of Gaza's power company Walid Saad Sayil said the Palestinian Authority and Egypt were close to reaching a deal for six months fuel supply to the power plant from their southern neighbor.
But while the agreement was being hammered out, a delivery of Israeli fuel into Gaza on Friday ran out, closing the station for the fourth time since mid-February when Egypt stopped supplies via an underground tunnel network.
Hamas wants fuel purchased from Egypt to be delivered through its Rafah terminal -- the only crossing into Gaza not under Israeli control. more
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