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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Gaza faces more power cuts over israeli blockade - You Need To See This

A general view shows Gaza City September 2, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem/File Photo

Gaza's sole power plant will have to shut down within 48 hours if a blockade imposed by Israel is not lifted, officials warned on Thursday, as border tensions simmered following the arrest of a Palestinian militant leader.

Israeli authorities have closed all crossings into Gaza, cutting off access for the fuel trunks that supply the plant, over fears of retaliation attacks following Monday's arrest of Bassam Al-Saadi, a senior leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group.

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