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Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza – National

JERUSALEM — Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to

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The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory’s desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.

Sunday’s announcement comes a week after 

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 to the territory to over 2 million people.

It has sought to press ****** to accept an 

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 of their ceasefire.

That phase ended last weekend. Israel wants ****** to release half of the remaining hostages in return for a promise to negotiate a lasting truce.

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****** has pressed to start negotiations on the ceasefire’s more difficult second phase instead, which would see the release of remaining hostages from Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and a lasting peace.

****** is believed to have 24 living hostages and the bodies of 35 others.

The militant group on Sunday said it wrapped up the latest round of ceasefire talks with Egyptian mediators without changes to its position, calling for an immediate start of the ceasefire’s second phase.

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Israel had warned when it stopped all supplies that water and electricity could be next.

Gaza has been largely devastated by the war, and generators and solar panels are used for some of the power supply.

The ceasefire has paused the deadliest and most destructive fighting ever between Israel and ******, sparked by the ******-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The first phase allowed the return of 25 living hostages and the remains of eight others in exchange for the release of nearly 2,000 ************ prisoners.

Israeli forces have withdrawn to buffer zones inside Gaza, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza for the first time since early in the war and hundreds of trucks of aid entered per day until Israel suspended supplies.

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The White House on Wednesday 

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 of direct U.S. talks with ******.

On Sunday, envoy Adam Boehler told CNN that “I think you could see something like a long-term truce, where we forgive prisoners, where ****** lays down their arms, where they agree they’re not part of the political party going forward. I think that’s a reality. It’s real close.”

When asked by CNN if he would speak with the militant group again, Boehler replied, “You never know.”

He added: “I think something could come together within weeks,” and expressed hope for a deal that would see all hostages released, not only the American ones.

****** on Sunday reiterated its support for a proposal for the establishment of an independent committee of technocrats to run Gaza until Palestinians hold presidential and legislative elections.

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That committee would work “under the umbrella” of the ************ Authority, based in the occupied West Bank.

Israel has rejected the PA having any role in Gaza, but hasn’t put forward an alternative for postwar rule.

******’ attack in October 2023 killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, inside Israel and the terrorist group took 251 people hostage. Most have been released in ceasefire agreements or other arrangements.

Israel’s military offensive has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t say how many of the dead were militants.

Now, with the cutoff of all supplies to Gaza, Palestinians are reporting sharp price increases for dwindling items as fears grow again.

“Since the ceasefire began, the situation has improved a little. But before that, the situation was very bad,” said Fares al-Qeisi in the southern city of Khan Younis. “I swear to God, one could not satisfy their hunger.”

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