Israeli Public Security Minsiter, Gilad Erdan says Israel has decided to reduce electricity supplied to the Gaza Strip in order to cripple the Islamist Hamas movement,
According to reports, Israel’s security cabinet had unanimously decided to slice the supply of electricity to Gaza, already in the throes of an electricity shortage, by about 40 per cent .
The decision was made after an earlier request by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the Palestinian Authority no longer pay for Gaza’s electricity purchased from Israel.
The request is seen as a way for Abbas and his ruling Fatah party to put pressure on the rival Hamas movement to cede control over Gaza.
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