Israel has cut off electricity to desalination plants in the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera with reference to the municipal authorities.
According to him, after the shutdown, two desalination plants were left without power, supplying water to about 70% of the residents of the Rafah area, located in the south of the Palestinian enclave. The municipality stressed that these installations produced about 20 thousand cubic meters of desalinated water every day.
On March 2, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the suspension of humanitarian aid supplies to the Gaza Strip and the closure of all checkpoints. According to the Israeli side, this was done due to the refusal of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas to accept the plan of the US special envoy Stephen Witkoff to extend the ceasefire in the enclave. Netanyahu warned that in case of further refusal of negotiations, the radicals will face "additional consequences." tass.ru.
