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‘An escalation of the genocide’
Israel follows through on threat to cut off electricity supply to the Palestinians in Gaza
Displaced Palestinians girls fill a plastic jerrycan with water at a school run by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, which they use as a shelter west of Gaza City, Sunday, March 9, 2025

CAMPAIGNERS slammed Israel today for following through on its threat to cut off the electricity supply to the Palestinians in Gaza.

The move by Israel on Sunday stopped the work of a desalination plant that now leaves around half a million people without access to clean drinking water. 

It comes as Israel sent a team to Qatar to resume talks to extend the fragile ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

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