Palestinians fire rockets, hit power plant
People living in the Gaza Strip held a candlelight march Sunday evening to protest the closure of their main power plant Sunday, due to a fuel shortage….Defence Minister Ehud Barak halted shipments to Gaza after Hamas renewed rocket attacks against the town of Sderot in southern Israel last week.
About a third of Gaza’s 1.5 million residents were expected to be affected by the shutdown. Hours after the blackout, Hamas said five patients died because of the cutoff of electricity in hospitals but it couldn’t be confirmed independently. cbc
Hamas really are slow learners. The other two thirds of Gazians could be in the dark shortly as their electricity comes directly from Israel.
I can’t imagine that the fuel shutdown comes as any great surprise. It was difficult to imagine how the Palis could be any worse off than they were under the Troll of Ramallah TM but there is a positive Palestinian genius for self inflicted suffering.
Here’s a hint, stop firing rockets into Israel and your lives will get a lot better.
Written by jay on January 21st, 2008 with
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