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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Electrical repair equipment to enter Gaza in limited shipment

Ma'an
The Kerem Shalom crossing will be partially opened on Wednesday for the transfer of 99 truckloads of aid including two trucks of supplies for the electricity company....

In 2006, the power plant was the target of an Israeli airstrike, severely damaging the power producing capacity of the institution. The Gaza power network has been deteriorating since the start of the Israeli siege of Gaza in 2007 since no repair equipment or replacement parts have been permitted to enter the Strip. Parts of the power obliterated during Israel's Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9.

The Gaza power supply was described as "precarious" by a weekly report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which noted that "recurrent technical failures caused by the lack of spare parts due to the Israeli-imposed blockade," caused blackouts several times during the previous week...   Full story
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