Gaza's only power plant stops due to smuggled fuel shortage
- Dettagli
- Categoria: Gaza
- Pubblicato Sabato, 18 Febbraio 2012 06:03
- Scritto da Reuters
The Gaza Strip's only power station, which supplies the Palestinian enclave with up to two-thirds of its energy needs, was shut down on Tuesday because of a shortage of fuel smuggled in from neighbouring Egypt.
The closure led to widespread blackouts for Gaza's 1.7 million inhabitants. The local power company warned that households would receive only six hours of electricity a day until the problem was resolved.
gaza - AP - April 7, 2011 Smoke rises from an explosion in the northern Gaza Strip, seen from the border with Israel, April 7, 2011.
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