Gaza’s only power plant has run out of fuel as the enclave teeters on the brink of an all-out invasion from Israel.
Israel stopped fuel, food and medicine from entering the blockaded territory after Hamas terrorists stormed across the border and killed hundreds in a bloody massacre.
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Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on WednesdayCredit: Getty
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Explosion and smoke caused by Israeli strikes seen over Gaza CityCredit: Getty
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Rockets fired from Gaza City, right, are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, left Credit: AFP
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Palestinians gather at the ruins after Israeli attacks Credit: Reuters
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Israeli forces transport military equipment, armored vehicles and artillery to the Gaza borderCredit: Getty
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And Gaza – which has a population of 2.3 million – is now hours away from collapsing as its only power plant has dried up, leaving only generators to power the territory.
The head of the Gaza Energy Agency said the station stopped working at 2pm local time (noon UK time).
A few hours earlier, the hospitals’ energy supplies had already begun to dwindle – leaving doctors unable to use surgical equipment.
Health officials say the lives of hundreds of children are now at risk as electricity supplies dwindle.
The Palestinian Authority said it would be “impossible to continue providing all basic life services”.
It added: “This catastrophic situation is creating a humanitarian crisis for all residents of the Gaza Strip.”
The blackout comes after Israel vowed to raze Gaza to the ground after launching more than 200 airstrikes overnight.
More than 2,000 people have been killed since Hamas terrorists launched a surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, including at least 17 Britons killed or missing.
Israel has now vowed an even sharper escalation as dozens of warplanes pounded neighborhood after neighborhood overnight.
The force carried out 250 airstrikes in just one hour early Wednesday, Fox News reported.
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The IDF said the affected area was a “nest of terror” used by Hamas militants to launch attacks on Israel.
Dozens of buildings were reduced to rubble – leaving an unknown number of bodies under piles of debris as residents scrambled to find their way out.
Meanwhile, Israel called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists.
The Israeli army insists that the hundreds of soldiers gathered near the Gaza border are “ready to carry out the mission given to us”.
An Israeli military official told Channel 13 News that Gaza will become a “tent city” after Hamas fighters breached the border fence and invaded the country’s south this weekend.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz have now agreed to form an emergency government – and a war cabinet will be installed.
It comes after hundreds of Israelis were killed in their homes, on the streets and at an outdoor music festival.
It is estimated that they dragged about 150 soldiers, men, women, children and old people into captivity in Gaza.
Hamas gave a chilling warning on Monday that it would kill the hostage for any new Israeli attack on Gaza and threatened to broadcast the footage.
King Charles today said he was “appalled” and condemned the “barbaric acts” of terrorism in Israel, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.
As the battle rages into its fifth day, Gaza’s health ministry says at least 1,055 people have been killed and 5,000 injured in the crowded coastal enclave.
In Israel, the death toll reached 1,200, and more than 2,700 people were wounded.
There are now fears it could spark a Middle East-wide war as fresh fire broke out across Israel’s northern borders with militants in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday.
In one town, Hamas terrorists are said to have massacred at least 40 babies and children in a sickening rampage.
Israeli soldiers discovered scenes of unimaginable horror in Kfar Az – a village near the Gaza border that was seized by Hamas militants for two days.
The Israeli army retook control of the besieged village on Tuesday, and its soldiers faced the arduous task of recovering the bodies of dozens of victims.
Armed with guns, grenades and knives, Hamas terrorists beheaded men, women, children and babies in their beds early Saturday morning after storming across the border.
In a new tactic, Israel is warning civilians to evacuate neighborhood after neighborhood and then wreak havoc in what could be a prelude to a ground offensive.
On Tuesday, the army told residents of the nearby al-Daraj neighborhood to evacuate.
New explosions soon shook it and other areas, continuing into the night.
The warplanes returned repeatedly to another neighborhood, al-Furqan, hitting 450 targets in 24 hours, the Israeli military said.
It comes after local media reports suggested that Israel had actually been warned of the Hamas attack by Egyptian intelligence.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied any prior knowledge of the attack, which it called a “total intelligence failure.”
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Smoke billows after Israeli strikes in Gaza CityCredit: Reuters
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Israeli soldiers fire cannons towards the Gaza Strip from the Israel-Gaza borderCredit: AFP
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Flames and smoke rise after Israeli shelling in the village of Jal al-Allam, southern LebanonCredit: AP
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Israeli soldiers drive an armored vehicle while firing cannons towards the Gaza StripCredit: AFP
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