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| Renewed clashes leave Gaza without electricity |
| 2008-11-11 |
| (AKI) - Renewed clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces on Monday have left the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip without access to fuel to generate electricity and all its crossing points remain closed for the sixth-day. "Cause, meet effect. Effect, Cause." "Pleased to meetcha!" "Howya doin'? Have we met before?" "Not around here." Israeli authorities have prevented the shipment of food, fuel and gas supplies to Gaza, Palestinian news agency Maan reported on Monday. Early on Monday, militants in Gaza fired a home-made Qassam rocket aimed at Israel's western Negev desert, but instead the rocket exploded in Palestinian territory, causing no injuries. Crossing points have been closed since last Wednesday after Palestinian militants launched rockets against Israeli towns following an Israeli air strike last Tuesday. The Israeli air strike last Tuesday killed six Palestinians from the Islamist Hamas movement's al-Qassam Brigades. Four Palestinian civilians were also injured in the attack. Palestinian militants responded by launching a barrage of rockets that hit Israel's western Negev desert and the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Since then, at least 70 rockets have been launched at Israeli territory during intermittent clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces. On Sunday, the al-Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of the ruling Fatah movement claimed responsibility for the launching of a rocket against the southern Israeli town of Kfar Aza. A statement by al-Aqsa Brigades quoted by Maan said the attack "...came in retaliation for Israeli aggression and to affirm our choice of resistance." Israel and Hamas have both breached a shaky ceasefire that has technically been in place since June. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Shut off the power plant and get a gazillion carbon credits. The EUniks will have a tough choice to make. Support going green or support a bunch of rowdies. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-11-11 21:52 |
| #5 Why is that power plant still in existence? The Israelis are slipping. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-11-11 15:24 |
| #4 Oh no! This is intolerable! How are the little kidlets gonna watch Farfur if the power's off? |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-11-11 09:35 |
| #3 JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel on Tuesday reopened the terminal that handles all fuel supplies to Gaza to allow delivery of diesel to the Palestinian territory's sole power plant one day after it shuddered to a halt. The Nahal Oz terminal used for oil deliveries "opened at 8:30 am (0630 GMT) for the transfer of the diesel for the power station," said military spokesman Peter Lerner. An official of the Palestinian energy authority in Gaza confirmed that Israel resumed the fuel shipments and said the power plant should restart later in the day. The plant had ground to a halt on Monday evening after Israel stopped the flow of fuel to the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire by Palestinian militants in the besieged enclave. Late on Monday, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said "minimal quantities" of fuel would be sent to Gaza, at the request of Mideast envoy Tony Blair, who represents the Middle East diplomatic Quartet made up of the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and United States. "We will be reassessing the situation during the day, and of course if rockets continue to be fired during the day we will take the necessary steps for tomorrow," Lerner said. Ya wanna shoot rockets, you're gonna shoot them in the dark... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-11 09:26 |
| #2 It's because the Israelis are not giving it to them. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-11-11 08:30 |
| #1 They just......don't get it. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-11-11 07:55 |