Gaza power

Egypt submits hostage-ceasefire proposal, Hamas delegation en route to Cairo - report

Per the proposal, Israel will halt airstrikes and release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages.

 Israelis watch the release of hostages from Hamas captivity as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, at Hostage square in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2025.
 IDF soldiers engage in combat in the Gaza Strip, June 10, 2024.

Watch: IDF kills RPG-armed Hamas terrorists that emerge from tunnels in Gaza

IDF soldier seen in Gaza near a temporary floating pier anchored by the United States to boost aid deliveries, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, May 16, 2024

Israel-Hamas war could be won through economic alternatives

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021.

WHO makes multinational appeal to raise money for Palestinians


Is Gaza actually an open-air prison? - opinion

Any problems in Gaza are not because it is some sort of open-air prison but rather because of the hatred of the Hamas leadership for both Jews and the Arab residents of Gaza.

HUMANITARIAN AID crosses from Egypt to Gaza, at the Rafah crossing, this week. Hamas belligerence has led to an Egyptian and Israeli attempt to control what comes into Gaza. Does that make it an open-air prison?

High Court asked to block $150 m. transfer to Hamas

Shurat Hadin Director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner said, “History proves that the nation of Israel needs to fight its enemy and not bribe it with protection-style money…"

Israel's High Court of Justice

A Gaza fuel crisis could shut down essential services, U.N. envoy warns

Among those in danger 4,800 Palestinians in intensive care units. Medical services the rest of the population will be reduced or stopped all together.

A Palestinian girl carries a potable water container after filling it from a public tap in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip

Heat and power cuts force Gazans onto polluted beaches

"Life is depressing and difficult and people have no escape but the sea."

Gazans swim in the Mediterranean Sea as others enjoy their time on a beach in the northern Gaza Strip July 13, 2018.

Students use sea waves as new power source for blockaded Gaza

Gaza has been controlled since 2007 by the Islamist group Hamas. Israel and Egypt, citing security concerns, maintain a de facto blockade on the impoverished coastal enclave.

Palestinians enjoy the beach along the Mediterranean Sea in the northern Gaza Strip July 24, 2015.

WHO official: Without supplements, Gaza to run out of fuel within ten days

Hospitals and medical clinics which rely on backup generators to maintain operations are running dangerously low on fuel.

Palestinian boy Ahmed Abu Saman, 16, who was injured in a car accident, lies on a bed at the emergency department at Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest public medical facility, in Gaza City, March 29, 2017.

US firm to build solar plants in blackout-plagued Gaza

Project "Turn On the Lights" is slated to create new solar plants for Gaza, that is suffering from a significant power shortage.

A Palestinian woman stands by a fence during a protest calling for an end to the power crisis, outside the power plant in the central Gaza Strip April 23, 2017.

Gaza official: Most of the Strip receiving 4 hours of electricity

Since Eid al-Adha celebrations in August 2017, electricity available to Gaza's residents dropped.

A Palestinian woman stands by a fence during a protest calling for an end to the power crisis, outside the power plant in the central Gaza Strip April 23, 2017.