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What does Israel cutting off Gaza’s electricity mean? | Crimes Against Humanity News

Israel says it has Cut off It seems to Gaza, as if it was another attempt to force Hamas to accept the changes you want to impose on the conditions of the ceasefire agreed in January.

Israel imposed a blockade of humanitarian aid that enters Gaza early in March In an attempt to force Hamas to extend the first stage of the ceasefire and firing more prisoners.

She wants to do this to avoid moving to the second stage, which would require a permanent end of war.

Relief agencies, human rights organizations and countries, including some Israeli allies, have denounced the decision, noting their human impact and international laws that prohibit the collective punishment of civilian population.

But according to the data of Gaza and Media reports, this declaration of power reduction is not as it seems.

This is all we know:

What exactly did Israel declare?

She said that all the electricity it provides to Gaza will be cut.

In a post on social media on Sunday, Israeli Energy Minister Elie Cohen He said that “cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip immediately.”

“It is enough with the conversation, it’s time to work!” He said on the day before another round of the ceasefire negotiations in Doha.

However, according to the Israeli media, the advertisement may be less dramatic, which made her supporters appear.

You mean Gaza will not be wronged?

Darkness was already.

according to Israel timesAll electricity from Israel to Gaza was already cut off in the wake of the Hamas -led attacks on October 7, 2023, during which 1139 people were killed in southern Israel and about 250 people were arrested and transferred to Gaza.

In November, the electricity supply was restored to the desalination plant near the Deir al -Adl in central Gaza. The factory supports about 600,000 civilians who are mostly displaced in central and southern Gaza.

The factory will live now Stored energy, generators and the remaining solar panels Do not destroy or destroy the Israeli bombing.

Al -Ghoul people, a Palestinian engineer, checks the solar desalination system that he built in response to the water crisis
The people of Al -Ghoul, a Palestinian engineer, checks the solar desalination system that he built in response to the water crisis in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip [File: Hatem Khaled/Reuters]

Did Israel cut electricity and assistance only?

no.

In her attempt to review the conditions of the ceasefire she signed in January, Israel also fired military strikes through the pocket and told the media that it was preparing to resume the fighting in Gaza.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has I issued daily summaries for civilians He was killed during the ceasefire.

The Palestinians are in Rafah, where Israel now wants to maintain a military presence In violation of the ceasefireIt was attacked by Israeli tanks and drones since Friday, killing at least three people and wounding more.

How did Hamas respond?

In a statement issued on Sunday night, He accused Hamas Israel From “cheap blackmail”.

“We strongly condemn the occupation decision to cut off electricity to Gaza, after depriving it of food, medicine and water,” he wrote the feathers, a member of the Hamas political office, describing this step as “a desperate attempt to pressure our people and resist it.”

Young people pay a bike loaded with water containers filled outside the southern water desalination factory in Gaza, which stopped working after Israel cut electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, in Deir Al -Bala in the middle of the Palestinian territories on March 10, 2025. To increase pressure on Hamas. The first stage of the truce ended on the first of March without any agreement on the subsequent stages that could secure a permanent end of the war, but both sides have since declined to resume the fighting on a large scale. (Eyad Baba / AFP)
A young man pays a bike loaded with water containers filled outside the water desalination factory in Deir Al -Lala, which stopped working when Israel cut electricity to the Gaza Strip [Eyad Baba/AFP]

“Cutting electricity, closing the crossings, stopping aid, resting and fuel, and starving, our people constitute a collective punishment and the crime of full war.”

Who supports Israel in this?

US.

Israel says that the current blockade in Gaza is in fact forcing Hamas to comply A proposal from the US envoy Steve Witkev It involves the extension of the first stage of the ceasefire and the return of a number of Israeli prisoners.

Witkoff did not confirm after his role in the plan, which is widely modified.

However, in his conversation with reporters before Monday talks in Doha, Wittouf affirmed full support for his Israeli administration and the US administration of Israel, including joint US and Israeli military measures against Hamas.

At the same time, the United States runs Direct conversations with Hamas About the launch of five prisoners with the group’s American citizenship, it is only believed to be one of them alive.

Steve Witkev
The US special envoy Steve Witkeov comes out of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025 [Ben Curtis/AP Photo]

Who does not support Israel in this siege?

Big to a large extent.

Both Egypt and QatarWho mediated in the ceasefire talks, in addition to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, issued statements this month criticizing the Israeli move to prevent food, medicine and fuel in the tape.

France, Germany and the United Kingdom said in a joint statement on Wednesday.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Criminal Court, That issued detention orders Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yuof Gallant last year condemned the building with help.

International rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, also condemned the renewed blockade, describing it as a violation of international law and a crime against humanity.

How can this affect the ongoing negotiations in Qatar?

It remains to see.

Hamas said in a statement that it had “dealt with flexibility” with the mediators, including the American envoy Adam Bouhler, who oversees direct talks on American prisoners, and hopes to move to the second stage agreed from the ceasefire.

As part of these talks, Israeli media reports said that Hamas considers the demands of the United States parallel to “at the head of Israel” that the current stage of the ceasefire was extended for 60 days in exchange for the return of 10 Israeli prisoners.

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2025-03-10 15:46:00

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