Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 09/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen has ordered the complete cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. Cohen said he has signed an order to cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip immediately. Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory to over two million people. Nearly 50,000 Palestinians have been killed and vast swathes of Gaza have been turned into rubble. Aid groups and rights campaigners accuse Israel of committing crimes against humanity. Israeli blockade has forced the closure of several bakeries and shops. People in Gaza are struggling to get bread and basic supplies. Palestinians are unable to buy these products. Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said the Hamas representatives were in Cairo to hold meetings with Egyptian officials on the possibility of implementing the second phase of the ceasefire agreement. Israel’s military said its air strike targeted fighters who were identified operating in proximity to [Israeli] troops and attempting to plant an explosive device in northern Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, meanwhile, said it would send delegates to Doha on Monday. At least 116 Palestinians have been killed and 490 others wounded since Gaza ceasefire began. Hamas is expected to release all the remaining living captives in return for the freeing of more Palestinians held in the Israeli prison system. Israel would initiate its “complete withdrawal” from Gaza, according to the document agreed to in January. The third phase will see the bodies of the remaining captives handed over in return for a three to five-year reconstruction plan for Gaza to be conducted under international supervision. Israeli tanks entered areas in and around the village of Wadi Burqin, local media reports. The ongoing Israeli operation began days after the ceasefire in Gaza, with dozens killed, hundreds of homes destroyed and more than 40,000 people displaced.
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