The only power plant in the Strip has stopped working due to a lack of fuel
Fighting continues between the Israeli army and the Palestinian factions in Gaza for the second day
Flames and smoke rose from Gaza yesterday, following an Israeli raid.
Reuters
Israeli warplanes bombed Gaza, while Palestinian factions fired missiles at Israel yesterday, as fighting continued for a second day, ending more than a year of relative calm along the border, while Gaza's only power plant stopped working due to a lack of fuel.
The Israeli army expected to continue bombing the Gaza Strip from the air for a week, pointing out that there are no current talks on a ceasefire with the Islamic Jihad.
For its part, Hamas confirmed that there is a joint operations room that coordinates between all Palestinian factions to take appropriate decisions and work to stop the Israeli aggression.
According to Palestinian sources, Israeli warplanes launched a series of raids since yesterday morning, during which they targeted two residential homes, training and monitoring sites belonging to the factions, as well as agricultural lands.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that the Palestinian death toll had risen to 12 as a result of Israel's continuous raids on the Gaza Strip for the second day.
The ministry stated, in a press statement, that two Palestinians were killed as a result of Israeli raids on the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The ministry indicated that among the total dead were a five-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman, while 84 others were injured since the start of the tension yesterday afternoon.
The director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, announced that government hospitals in Gaza are facing a severe shortage of medical supplies in the midst of the round of tension with Israel.
A state of semi-paralysis prevailed over life in the Gaza Strip, with the closure of shops and institutions, and a severe decline in the movement of vehicles and pedestrians on the roads.
The Israeli army said that "Palestinian militants fired at least 160 rockets across the border, some of them deep inside Israel towards the Tel Aviv mall.
Most of the missiles were intercepted, and a few people were slightly injured while escaping to the shelters.”
The Israeli army announced that two of its soldiers were slightly injured when a mortar shell landed near the border with the Gaza Strip.
The two soldiers were taken to a hospital for treatment.
A few days ago, the Israeli army announced the mobilization of its forces on the Gaza front, and raised the state of alert along the border strip and near the adjacent settlements, in anticipation of attacks that "Jihad Movement" might carry out in response to the arrest of one of its leaders after he was wounded in the West Bank.
Egypt announced that it was conducting intensive contacts around the clock in order to contain the situation in Gaza, and the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement: “The Arab Republic of Egypt is conducting intensive contacts around the clock in order to contain the situation in Gaza, work to calm down and preserve lives and property.”
The power station in Gaza stopped working yesterday, after the fuel ran out, according to a spokesman for the Electricity Company, five days after Israel closed a vital crossing with Palestine.
A spokesman for the Electricity Company, Mohamed Thabet, told AFP that the Electricity Distribution Company will implement a severe emergency plan, indicating that the situation is very difficult, and that stopping the station will negatively affect all aspects of life.
Since last Monday morning, Israel has completely closed the Kerem Shalom commercial crossings in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, and Beit Hanoun (Erez) for individuals in the northern Gaza Strip.
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