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Israel expected to resume fuel shipments to Gaza on Sunday
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies

Israel is expected to resume fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning through the Nahal Oz crossing, two days after the Gaza Generating Company cut off power to parts of the central Gaza Strip due to a fuel shortage.

Following the development, The Palestinian electric company said it would resume the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

An Israel Defense Forces official said on Thursday that the shipments of fuel into the coastal strip were stopped following warnings of an attack by Palestinian militants in the area.

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Several neighborhoods of Gaza City were blanketed in darkness Friday, a few hours after the Gaza Generating Company, which supplies the Gaza Strip with about 25 percent of its electricity, shut down three of its four generators.

"For two days we have not received fuel," the chairman of the Gaza Generating Company, Rafik Malikha, told a press conference in Gaza City. "The Israeli side is preventing vehicles from approaching the crossing."

Sources at the IDF Coordination and Liaison offices at the Erez crossing said Saturday that the Palestinians' request for emergency fuel shipments was received on Friday, and that Israel's Dor Alon fuel company does not operate on Fridays and Saturdays.

According to the IDF, the last day on which fuel was allowed to be brought into the Gaza Strip was Wednesday.

The remainder of Gaza's electricity supply comes from the Israel Electric Corporation and Egypt.

Israel has since Wednesday forbidden the company's supply trucks from approaching the Nahal Oz crossing, Malikha said. The company's fuel reserves, which are only enough to produce power for two days, have run out, he said.

It was not immediately clear how many of the Gaza Strip's 1.4 million people would be affected. The company supplies power to Gaza City and other central areas of the coastal territory.

Almost all supplies for the impoverished Gaza Strip, including food, fuel and raw materials, come from Israel and through crossings controlled by Israel. The passages are frequently closed by Israel, which cites attempts by Palestinian militants to attack them.

Israel closed all of the crossings after the Islamic Hamas' violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in June, partially opening them a few days later. The United Nations has warned of a growth in poverty since Hamas' wrested control of Gaza, with unemployment on the rise and humanitarian aide in high demand.
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  1.   no electricity = homicide 19:50  |  Leona 17/08/07
  2.   Brad: No Electricity equals NO HOMICIDE 20:00  |  Brad 17/08/07
  3.   Leona darling, where have you been until now? do you live on this 20:02  |  Man deVoshkes 17/08/07
  4.   # 1 Leona 20:04  |  Lynn 17/08/07
  5.   2 leona - electricity=homicide 20:04  |  common sense 17/08/07
  6.   Hitler did the same to the Warsaw ghetto 20:07  |  Samuel Smith 17/08/07
  7.   no electricity = lesson learned 20:08  |  joe smith 17/08/07
  8.   Electricity Is Un-Islamic. 20:08  |  Terry 17/08/07
  9.   #1 20:09  |  Raf 17/08/07
  10.   The less electricity, the more deaths 20:10  |  Boycott 17/08/07
  11.   TO Leona #1 20:15  |  Steve Beikirch 17/08/07
  12.   To #1 20:19  |  D 17/08/07
  13.   use the natural gas reserve in the Sea or get fuel from Egypt 20:20  |  Richard S 17/08/07
  14.   Responding to Leona #1, How many hospitals..... 20:21  |  Massoud Levy 17/08/07
  15.   Leona: here`s a dose of reality for you 20:23  |  Richard S 17/08/07
  16.   To : Leona 20:24  |  Henry 17/08/07
  17.   suicide bombers = homicide 20:28  |  Dan 17/08/07
  18.   Don`t botther Israel, ask Egypt for help 20:29  |  Adam 17/08/07
  19.   Electricity 20:32  |  Stuart 17/08/07
  20.   imagine that, arabs have a choice to make 20:33  |  peter 17/08/07
  21.   Let Hamas Deal With It 20:33  |  Jane 17/08/07
  22.   #1 - what do you think Israel should and shouldn`t supply ? 20:36  |  redmike 17/08/07
  23.   Qassams = Peace, Love and Goodwill 20:37  |  surreal 17/08/07
  24.   supplying electricity to your enemy = stupid 20:38  |  vik 17/08/07
  25.   Leona, Homicide=No Electricty!! 20:39  |  Martin 17/08/07
  26.   No Electricity = No Metal Shops 20:44  |  Fish 17/08/07
  27.   no electricity = NO MANUFACTURING of QASSAMS 20:45  |  Vittorio 17/08/07
  28.   When Ramallah wants it operating they will do so. 20:46  |  El-Birawi 17/08/07
  29.   leona 20:46  |  larrry koch 17/08/07
  30.   #1 Too Bad Isn`t It? 20:50  |  Bill Foonman 17/08/07
  31.   USE SOLAR POWER AND STOP THE GLOBAL WARMING PALESTINIANS!! 20:55  |  Ryan 17/08/07
  32.   Stupid Israel 20:55  |  Adnan 17/08/07
  33.   israel policy might fireback 20:56  |  paulo2005 17/08/07
  34.   Israel should stop all supply of petro, water, food and all 21:11  |  Rachel 17/08/07
  35.   to # 10 a word about collective punishment 21:22  |  Igor D. 17/08/07
  36.   Another little Israeli war crime against the Palestinian people 21:35  |  Clickfool 17/08/07
  37.   Alternative fuel 21:48  |  Avrum 17/08/07
  38.   to the one who says" One can understand the motivations of suicid 22:03  |  Massoud Levy 17/08/07
  39.   Pablito of Portugal 22:08  |  Daniel 17/08/07
  40.   In defense of Leona 22:09  |  Otto Rand 17/08/07
  41.   No MFG of QASSAMS= no more fired 22:10  |  Lynn 17/08/07
  42.   What will HAMAS ask for next? 22:15  |  Massoud Levy 17/08/07
  43.   You cannot supply eltricity 22:27  |  Edifice 17/08/07
  44.   War Crimes 22:32  |  Lee Kaplan 17/08/07
  45.   For Igor #35 22:41  |  Clickfool 17/08/07
  46.   #36 C/fool, 22:45  |  17 17/08/07
  47.   I don`t get it... 22:46  |  Jeffrey 17/08/07
  48.   #10 The less electricity, the more deaths 22:46  |  Bill Foonman 17/08/07
  49.   People lived for thousands of years without electricity 22:51  |  Jasmine Murphy 17/08/07
  50.   to clickfool, 44 22:52  |  Igor D. 17/08/07
  51.   Israel didn`t round up the Arabs 22:53  |  Jasmine Murphy 17/08/07
  52.   NO ELECTRICTY. LEONIA. GET LOST. 22:55  |  DANNY 17/08/07
  53.   Boycott. absolute nonsense. Fuel trucks endangered by rockets 22:57  |  Jasmine Murphy 17/08/07
  54.   TO NO 2 BRAD. 22:58  |  DANNY. 17/08/07
  55.   clickfool Hamas are ridiculous and so are you 23:01  |  Jasmine Murphy 17/08/07
  56.   TO NO 16. HENRY 23:06  |  DANNY. 17/08/07
  57.   For Samuel Smith, on the Warsaw Ghetto # 6 23:08  |  Clickfool 17/08/07
  58.   # 6 "Samuel Smith" 23:10  |  17 17/08/07
  59.   A Reminder To The Uninformed Posters On This Site 23:12  |  Bill Foonman 17/08/07
  60.   For "17" # 46 23:12  |  Clickfool 17/08/07
  61.   For Igor, again # 50 23:14  |  Clickfool 17/08/07
  62.   Hopefully Iran gets nuclear soon. 23:17  |  Andreas 17/08/07
  63.   its your responsibiltiy ! 23:17  |  Gaza residnet 17/08/07
  64.   Message to Gaza 23:18  |  RH 17/08/07
  65.   No Electricity 23:20  |  Rick 17/08/07
  66.   TO CLICKIDIOTFOOL 23:32  |  Joe 17/08/07
  67.   #38 Massoud Levy 23:39  |  Boycott 17/08/07
  68.   #35 Igor D 23:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/08/07
  69.   #13 Richard S 23:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/08/07
  70.   Jasmine Murphy 23:42  |  Boycott 17/08/07
  71.   For Bill Foonman # 59 23:45  |  Clickfool 17/08/07
  72.   # 60 C/Fool 23:47  |  17 17/08/07
  73.   Gaza resident 23:47  |  Jasmine Murphy 17/08/07
  74.   62hey genius andreas. in case you are not aware. shihab-iv 23:48  |  truth bites hard 17/08/07
  75.   Israel is clearly failing it`s legal responsibility as 23:50  |  Mark Lincoln 17/08/07
  76.   # 63 Gaza Resident -"hands off Gaza`s crossings" 23:55  |  17 17/08/07
  77.   Lee Caplan - shame on you 00:00  |  adina carmi 18/08/07
  78.   ClickFOOL 00:03  |  Sam I Am 18/08/07
  79.   63 - gaza resident 00:03  |  mike 18/08/07
  80.   Boycott 00:04  |  Jasmine Murphy 18/08/07
  81.   A Disgrace To 00:06  |  Double Click 18/08/07
  82.   #71 Clickfool - Your Online Moniker Is Appropriate 00:11  |  Bill Foonman