Quelques éléments sur le secteur de l’électricité à Gaza et les conséquences du blocus électrique
par Elai Rettig, Assistant Professor
@BIUPolitics (Bar-Ilan University) | Head of Energy Division @BESA_Center
| Post-Doc @wustl | Former lecturer @Rice_Biz | Former fellow @INSSisrael + @HMSstrategy
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Following #Israel ’s decision to cut the #electricity supply to #Gaza, I’m sharing a short informational thread with background on Gaza’s electricity sector and the consequences of the supply cut: In times of peace, 50% of the electricity in Gaza is provided by Israel for free ->
–> Gaza also has an independent diesel-fueled power plant that generates 25% of its needs, and the rest is generated through a vast deployment of private diesel generators, and one of the largest share of rooftop solar PV panels in the world. ->
Gaza residents are used to outages and have an average of 4 hours of electricity per day. Hamas has not bothered to restore the electrical infrastructure in Gaza since it was damaged in Operation Protective Edge in 2014, despite the many foreign aid funds that were provided ->
–> Residents of Gaza who can afford it have already found independent solutions (diesel generators and solar panels). In a tactical sense, the underground Hamas bunkers and HQ will likely still have electricity because they would have stockpiled diesel fuel for months ahead ->
–> The broader impact of the power outage will be mainly on the water supply, water desalination, and sewage treatment in Gaza, which needs an electricity supply to operate and can create a crisis if not eventually addressed. /end
Since I can’t share long videos on this platform, for a more detailed 3-minute video I made on the issue, you can visit my LinkedIn page:
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Elai Rettig on LinkedIn: Following Israel’s decision to cut the electricity supply to Gaza, I’m…
Following Israel’s decision to cut the electricity supply to Gaza, I’m sharing a short informational briefing I gave with background on Gaza’s electricity…
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Regarding free Israeli electricity to Gaza. Technically the Palestinian Authority is billed for it, but that’s just a workaround to satisfy domestic Israeli politics. The PA doesn’t pay the bill, it accumulates the debt for Gaza and every few years the debt is forgiven/erased.
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Here’s a recent report about an attempt by the Israeli government to collect some of the debt from the PA for years of unpaid electricity supply to Gaza. Every few years Israel claims it will demand payment, and each time the debt is eventually forgiven: ▻https://timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-israel-to-withhold-millions-from-pa-to-repay-electricity-debt/amp
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Johnny 🤖
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12h
Hamas actually damaged the power lines to Gaza which Israel must repair now.
Elai Rettig
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12h
Yes, Hamas rocket attacks on Saturday damaged several of the electricity links leading into Gaza. This time Israel refused to repair the links, unlike with previous rocket attacks. Hamas essentially damaged its own electricity supply.
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Elai Rettig
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9h
Hamas indeed reported that the power station has already ran out of fuel, but the plant’s diesel storage capacity is designed to last for at least two weeks. This means that Hamas emptied the storage itself. Most likely to power its own generators in the bunkers to last longer.