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Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza as new truce talks set to resume | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli Energy Minister Elie Cohen ordered an immediate stopping in the electricity supply in Gaza, which threatens to make pocket desalination plants amid a lack of aid in the holy month of Ramadan.

In a post on X, Cohen said he signed an order “to cut off the electricity to the Gaza tape immediately.” “It is enough with the conversation, it’s time to work!” He added.

The announcement of Sunday comes more than a week after Israel cut all the supplies of goods to the region for more than two million people after it emerged in the ceasefire deal that ended the 15 -month Gaza war. Nearly 50,000 Palestinians were killed and vast areas of Gaza were converted into ruins after an Israeli bombing.

Israel wants to extend the first stage of the triple deal, while the Hamas group wants to move the deal to the second stage, as it was initially agreed by the two sides. Analysts say that Israel’s refusal to enter the second stage shows that it does not want to withdraw its forces from the Philadelphi corridor, a narrow strip of land separating Gaza from Egypt.

Hamas accused Israel of attempting to leave the existing ceasefire agreement and called the auxiliary blockade “cheap blackmail, war crime and a blatant attack” on the ceasefire. Relief groups and law youth accused Israel of committing crimes against humanity and violating international humanitarian laws to cut aid.

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Two Palestinians were brought in, who were killed in an Israeli drone, despite the ongoing ceasefire, to the Higher Arab Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza [Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu Agency]

People in Gaza are struggling to obtain bread and basic supplies, as the total Israeli blockade forced to close many bakeries and shops.

Khudri Al -Jazeera Al -Khalaf, who was reported to Gaza City, said that despite the end of the devastating air strikes in Gaza, civilians are still suffering because of more than a week of the Israeli siege in its place.

“Many Palestinians cannot buy these products, and most of Gaza’s residents are currently dependent on food aid.

“Food, water, electricity, and all aspects of Palestinian life are affected by Israeli actions,” Khodari said, adding that the situation on the ground is still “catastrophic.”

Hamas has repeatedly called for an immediate start Negotiations On the second ceasefire stage. Hamas source said on Sunday that her delegation was now He left for Doha, Qatar After talks in Cairo, Egypt.

Tareq Abu Azzoum of Al -Jazeera, who was reported by Khan Younis, said that Hamas representatives were in Cairo to hold meetings with Egyptian officials on the possibilities of implementing the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.

Azzoum added, “Hamas issued a statement agreeing to establish an independent technocratic committee that runs the Gaza Strip and repeated invitations to enter humanitarian aid,” he added, saying that the group also calls for the full withdrawal of Israel from the region as part of any future deal.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would send two delegates to Doha on Monday.

The Palestinians were killed in Gaza

Earlier on Sunday, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza, according to Al -Jazeera correspondent, where fresh armistice talks are scheduled to resume in Doha of Monday.

The attack on Sunday in Gaza The Shujaya neighborhood in the city was injured by several others, as doctors at the Higher Arab Hospital described the case of some of the injured as embarrassment.

The Israeli army said that the targeted air strike for the fighters who “was recognized at work close to [Israeli] The forces and try to grow an explosive device on the ground in northern Gaza. “

Khodri said from the island that Israel continued to violate the ceasefire, which came into effect on January 19. “According to official sources, since the start of the ceasefire in Gaza, at least 116 Palestinians have been killed and at least 490 others were wounded.”

“This is why the Palestinians are waiting for the second stage of the ceasefire, when all Israeli soldiers from all over the Gaza Strip will withdraw.”

The first six -week stage witnessed the release of 25 alive Israeli prisoners and eight bodies, compared to about 1,800 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.

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During the second stage, Hamas is expected to launch all the remaining prisoners, most of whom are male soldiers, in exchange for liberating more Palestinians held in the Israeli prison system. In addition, according to the agreed document in January, Israel will begin its “full withdrawal” from Gaza.

The third stage will witness the bodies of the remaining prisoners who were delivered for a reconstruction plan for three to five years until Gaza is held under international supervision.

On Sunday, Adam Boelr, President of the United States, told the President of the United States, to NBC News US meetings are directed with Hamas In Doha about the release of prisoners in Gaza, it was very “useful”.

Bohler stated that he believed something “could meet on Gaza within weeks”, but he did not explain.

Trump had been floating before A large -scale condemnation plan To expel the Palestinians from Gaza, prompting Arab leaders to provide an alternative.

Their proposal You will see the reconstruction of Gaza, which has been funded through a receptive fund, where the Palestinian Authority, which is based in Ramallah, returns to the rule of the region.

“We need more discussion on this issue, but it is a good first step,” Steve Whittvo, a Middle East envoy in Trump, told reporters in Washington in response to the Arab plan.

Witkoff will return to the region this week while traveling to Saudi Arabia for talks on the war in Ukraine.

Israeli gathering

Meanwhile, members of the Israeli prisoners’ family demanded the government to complete the ceasefire.

“The war can be resumed within a week,” said Enaf Zangucker, Matan Zanguker, Ainaf Zangoker, to the mothers of Matan Zangoker, for a crowd in Tel Aviv.

“The war will not return the hostages home; it will kill them.”

Yoni bin Minashim, an analyst in West Jerusalem, says Israel’s return to the ceasefire is a “real decision” by the government because it wants to secure the release of the remaining prisoners.

However, the “military option” remains on the table and it can be decided on Sunday evening when the cabinet meets in Israel.

Hamas has He said he is ready to abandon the role of government in Gaza But he refused to place weapons.

Meanwhile, Israeli raids continued in the occupied West Bank unabated. On Sunday, Israeli tanks entered areas inside and around the village of Wadi Birkin, according to local media reports.

The ongoing Israeli operation began in Jenin, Tolkram and other areas days after the ceasefire in Gaza, where dozens were killed, and hundreds of homes were destroyed, and more than 40,000 people were displaced.

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2025-03-09 17:36:00

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