PCAS: Entire Power Blackout, mass Move in Gaza
A total power blackout hit most of the Gaza strip areas today evening. Israel announced a comprehensive closure of the already closed borders banning crucial deliveries of Industrial fuel to get to Gazans sole and key power plant.
Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS) quickly called for a mass a candlelight vigil Monday evening as full power outages prevailed Gaza City by 6:30 pm due to the Israeli measures of collective punishment.
Thousands of civilians; elderly men, women and children took part in the event. Children called for a relief to this problem and chanted, "We want peace, light, study and love." The repeated and quested to end siege and free the blocked Gaza.
The recent power blackout threatens to reach some hospitals as time passing and more areas are plunging into darkness. All life sectors would be completely paralyzed such as bakeries, factories, clinics, schools, universities and all facilities running by power.
Industrial diesel provides power for 40% of the Strip's 1.5 million inhabitants, particularly in the center and south of Gaza. Other areas receive electricity from Egypt and Israel. In the north.
However, Gaza northern towns of Beit Lahiya, Bait Hanon and Jabalia, residents already face daily power cuts due to an intermittent Israeli supply.
Israel cut off the shipments last week and closed Gaza's border crossings in response to some of Palestinian rocket attacks fired in a response of an Israeli incursion into Gaza. The incursion came as an obvious preach of calm conducted 5 months ago.
Jamal El Khoudary, Chairman of PCAS, said the electricity station in Gaza was already operating below capacity. He appealed to the international community to pressure on Israel in order to end the siege and let people free.
Fuel for Gaza is provided by a Palestinian company, which must coordinate with Israeli border control at the Gaza crossings to ensure that the fuel gets to the right people. El Khoudary called the halting of such deliveries "Israeli piracy," and demanded that the fuel paid for by Palestinians be delivered to its owners.