The war on Gaza prompted 70 engineers from the American company General Electric to leave Israel. The construction of the Kochav Hayarden renewable energy project in the Galilee has been halted.
Israel is lagging behind its targets in the energy sector. The head of the Israeli Electricity Authority said that the 2025 goal of raising the percentage of renewable energy to 20% of the total energy in Israel will not be achieved on the expected date. Israel aims to raise the percentage to 30% by 2030, according to the newspaper.