FUEL ENTERS IN GAZA AS KEREM SHALOM CROSSING RE-OPENED GAZA CITY -- Deliveries of fuel to the Gaza Strip resumed on Sunday morning as Israeli authorities allowed the Kerem Shalom (Kerem Abu Salem) crossing to re-open, Palestinian crossing officials said. The decision comes only a day after the besieged coastal enclaves sole power plant was forced to shut down after Israel closed the border crossing, cutting off its supplies of fuel and further restricting the Gaza Strips already limited power supply. General director of the border crossing Nazmi Muhanna told Maan that Israeli authorities had informed him on Saturday evening that they had decided to resume shipments of fuel to the power plant on Sunday morning. Israeli officials at the southern Gaza Strip crossing refused to allow any other commodities to enter, he added. The Gaza power plant, which was already severely low on fuel, announced on Saturday that it would cut the electricity supply to the Strips 1.7 million residents from twelve hours a day to six until fuel run out.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:34:56 +0000
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