Israeli Energy Minister said on Sunday that he immediately reduced electricity on the gauze strip, which is a move that could have a limited influence in Gaza, given the limitations already, but that comes as Israel tries to press Hamas in the middle of the conversation their fragile truce.
“We will use all the tools at our disposal so that all hostages come back and we will ensure that Hamas does not stay in Gaza in the ‘day after,’ said Eli Cohen, Israeli Energy Minister, in a statement on Sunday about his decision.
And the fate of approximately five dozen living and dead hats who remained in Gaza and future enklav management are the main points in conversations about the interruption of fire. Israel insists that Hamas cannot play any role in the future; Hamas said he might be ready to give up civilian management, but he firmly rejected by dissolving his military wing.
Mr. Cohen’s announcement arrived as negotiators and intermediaries willing to talk about constant fire this week in Qatar. Followed by Israel’s decision earlier this month to break up Humanitarian aid and supply of gauze After the first phase of the original phase that expired the fire.
How significant is the latest pressure on Hamas is not clear, given the serious restrictions already set to the electricity supply in Gaza dated October 7, 2023, the attack guided by the Hamas on Israel, which lit a war in the Palestinian enclave, as a long -term rely of gazans on alternative energy.
The clearest impact of the decision was the unrelatedness, once again, the wastewater treatment plant in the enclave that recently acted on Israeli power.
The Israeli Electric Corporation announced on Sunday that it was ordered to cut off the supply of the factory.
Israel will send a delegation to Qatar on Monday to improve negotiations on the termination of fire, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in a statement on Saturday. President Trump’s candidate as a special delegate for hostages, Adam Boehler, participated in Talks last week With the Hamas officers, focused on the insurance of the release of Israeli Americans who were abducted and taken to Gaza. It is considered to be just one of the five Israeli Americans who are still holding alive.
US officials are Expected in the region this week Continue conversations also mediated by officials from Egypt and Qatar. Hamas delegation has also met with Egyptian mediators in recent days.
In mid -January, after 15 months of devastating war, Israel and Hamas agreed to complexA phase ceasefire intended for liberated hostages taken from Israel and held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israel and build a momentum according to comprehensive fire.
But after the first phase ended on March 1 without the next stage agreement, Israel suggested another temporary extension of the hostage and exchange of hostages.
The decision of the Israeli government to interrupt the extremely limited supply of electricity that he provided by Gaza’s belt could affect continuing discussions.
Izazat al-Rishq, a member of the Hamas political office, condemned the decision of Israel to interrupt the electricity on Sunday in a statement, calling it “waste of time.” He accused Mr. Netanyahu of trying to disrupt the fire interruption agreement and threatened hostages, saying that there was no way forward, “but to commit to implementing the terms of the agreement and to start negotiations for the second phase.”
As it stands now, the Palestinians in Gaza live in what is basically a darkening since the war began. Prior to the war, the years of conflict and Israeli and Egyptian economic blockages imposed on the weakening of Hamas left Electric Grid Gaza weak, providing only limited hours every day. The territory relied on the improvised system, according to 2023 report At the Center for Strategic Studies Beginning, Israeli Research Center at Bar-ilan University. Half of the electricity is manufactured in Israel and half in gauze from different sources, including a power plant with diesel fuels and private generators, as well as solar panels.
Ever since the war began, some of the Palestinians managed to turn to generators or solar energy, but fuel for generators has also been in very smaller supply and limited by Israel. Israel said Hamas stored the fuel that entered the territory for its purposes, including to start rockets.
Contribution reporting were Adam Rasgon,, Johnatan Reiss,, Abu Bakr Bashir and Liam Sweet.
