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To stop Hamas, Israel should cut electricity and supplies to Gaza

If Israel still wishes to regain its deterrence vis-a-vis Hamas without entering Gaza, it will be left with one option only: shutting off Gaza electricity and closing the crossing points to the 400 daily supply trucks entering the Strip.

Shlomi Eldar
Shlomi Eldar
Aug 21, 2014
A Palestinian firefighter participates in efforts to put out a fire at Gaza's main power plant, which witnesses said was hit in Israeli shelling, in the central Gaza Strip July 29, 2014. Israeli tank fire hit the fuel depot of the Gaza Strip's only power plant on Tuesday, witnesses said, cutting electricity to Gaza City and many other parts of the Palestinian enclave of 1.8 million people.An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment and said she was checking the report. Israel launched its Gaza
A Palestinian firefighter participates in putting out a fire at Gaza's main power plant, which witnesses said was hit by Israeli shelling, in the central Gaza Strip, July 29, 2014.

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