Energy Minister and Cabinet member Eli Cohen has signed an order to immediately halt the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip. “In accordance with my authority, I am instructing the Israel Electric Corporation to stop the transfer of electricity to Gaza,” Cohen wrote in his directive. His decision was made independently and was not based on a government or cabinet resolution.
A senior Israeli official said that cutting off water supply to Gaza is also under consideration. “As part of Israel’s toolbox, severing water pipelines to Gaza is on the table. The first pipeline to be cut would be the one supplying northern Gaza, but no decision has been made yet,” the official said.
At the outset of the war, Israel announced it would cease supplying electricity to Gaza. However, under pressure from the United States and European countries, the supply initially continued.
The Gaza Electricity Company had previously extended cables along…
