Israel says it has cut the flow of electricity to the last facility in Gaza that was still receiving power from the Israel Electric Corporation.

The move, which will mainly affect a single wastewater treatment plant, appeared intended to put pressure on Hamas.

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The move is part of an escalating pressure campaign, but the Palestinian enclave gets most of its power from generators.

Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear but the arid territory’s desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.

Gaza has not had power supply from Israel since October 2023, when Tel Aviv started its genocide in the Gaza Strip - Anadolu Ajansı

Hundreds of aid trucks have entered Gaza daily since the ceasefire began on Jan. 19​, and it was unclear what the immediate impact of the aid cutoff would be.

Israel’s Energy Minister, Eli Cohen, said on Sunday he had given instructions to stop supplying electricity to Gaza, a week after Israel blocked all aid into the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The move has echoes of the earliest days of the war when Israel announced a “siege” that included an electricity cut-off to Gaza.

Israel will immediately cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Sunday.

Israel has announced it is cutting off its electricity supply to two million people in Gaza, a week after it stopped the entry of aid into Gaza in a bid to force Hamas to accept new terms of a ceasefire deal.