The workers union at the Israel Electric Corp announced today that employees will not repair power lines to Gaza until the Strip’s ruling Hamas terror group returns a civilian & the bodies of 2 IDF soldiers it's holding in the Palestinian enclave.
IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin & Oron Shaul were killed in the 2014 war with Hamas, while civilian Avera Mengistu was captured after he entered Gaza of his own accord the same year. Mengistu suffers from mental health issues.
The union statement made no mention of Hisham al-Sayed, a 2nd civilian who entered the Strip in 2015.
Company management issued a statement in response, saying IEC's a “govt company, subject to provisions of law & we believe electricity's an essential product outside conflict.”
The company added it “hopes the boys are brought home.”
Israeli officials said Hamas rockets fired at Israel damaged power lines, cutting off 100,000s of Gazans from electricity.
Yesterday, several 100s people gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem to demand return of the missing soldiers & civilians as condition for any ceasefire with Hamas
Prominent Israeli musicians led the rally, including Idan Amedi, Shlomi Shabbat, Miri Mesika & Zehava Ben.
Last week, a military official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Gaza was down to just 5 hours of electricity a day, after having 16 hours a day before fighting began.
Lack of electricity's partially due to Israel’s closure of Kerem Shalom Crossing, thru which Gaza receives most of its fuel, some of which is used for the Strip’s power station.
5 of 10 power lines supplying Gaza have been damaged.
Israel has worked to secure release of the civilians & soldiers’ bodies, often with the Egyptian military as intermediary.
Hamas seeks in exchange the release of Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli jails — members of Hamas & of other terror groups. Some of the prisoners had already been freed during the 2011 prisoner exchange, but were re-arrested during a 2014 crackdown on terrorists following the abduction & murder of 3 Israeli boys.
Though Israeli officials acknowledge talks are ongoing for the release of Israeli captives held by Hamas, they refrain discussing specific proposals & offers made in negotiations
Rivera claims he has a Jewish father and presumably that entitled him to defend the suicide bombers who blew up Jews on buses years ago. Why he hasn't drop dead yet is anybody's guess.
The workers union at the Israel Electric Corp announced today that employees will not repair power lines to Gaza until the Strip’s ruling Hamas terror group returns a civilian & the bodies of 2 IDF soldiers it's holding in the Palestinian enclave.
ReplyDeleteIDF soldiers Hadar Goldin & Oron Shaul were killed in the 2014 war with Hamas, while civilian Avera Mengistu was captured after he entered Gaza of his own accord the same year. Mengistu suffers from mental health issues.
The union statement made no mention of Hisham al-Sayed, a 2nd civilian who entered the Strip in 2015.
Company management issued a statement in response, saying IEC's a “govt company, subject to provisions of law & we believe electricity's an essential product outside conflict.”
The company added it “hopes the boys are brought home.”
Israeli officials said Hamas rockets fired at Israel damaged power lines, cutting off 100,000s of Gazans from electricity.
Yesterday, several 100s people gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem to demand return of the missing soldiers & civilians as condition for any ceasefire with Hamas
Prominent Israeli musicians led the rally, including Idan Amedi, Shlomi Shabbat, Miri Mesika & Zehava Ben.
Last week, a military official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Gaza was down to just 5 hours of electricity a day, after having 16 hours a day before fighting began.
Lack of electricity's partially due to Israel’s closure of Kerem Shalom Crossing, thru which Gaza receives most of its fuel, some of which is used for the Strip’s power station.
5 of 10 power lines supplying Gaza have been damaged.
Israel has worked to secure release of the civilians & soldiers’ bodies, often with the Egyptian military as intermediary.
Hamas seeks in exchange the release of Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli jails — members of Hamas & of other terror groups. Some of the prisoners had already been freed during the 2011 prisoner exchange, but were re-arrested during a 2014 crackdown on terrorists following the abduction & murder of 3 Israeli boys.
Though Israeli officials acknowledge talks are ongoing for the release of Israeli captives held by Hamas, they refrain discussing specific proposals & offers made in negotiations
Rivera claims he has a Jewish father and presumably that entitled him to defend the suicide bombers who blew up Jews on buses years ago.
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