#Gaza's only #power_plant « finished » in Israeli shelling
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Israeli tank fire hit the fuel depot of the Gaza Strip’s only power plant on Tuesday, witnesses said, cutting #electricity to Gaza City and many other parts of the Palestinian enclave of 1.8 million people. A thick column of black smoke rose from the facility, which supplies the territory with two-thirds of its energy needs, and the fuel containers were in flames. “The power plant is finished,” its director, Mohammed al-Sharif, told Reuters. He said the local fire brigade was not equipped to extinguish the blaze. read more