Israel Blockade Leaves Much Of Gaza City Without Power

From The L.A. Times:

A fuel shortage shuts down the electricity plant. Relief supplies also are blocked from entering the Gaza Strip, leaving a U.N. agency without food for the Palestinian territory's many needy families.

Reporting from Gaza City and Jerusalem -- Much of Gaza City fell into darkness Thursday night after an Israeli blockade, tightened in response to Palestinian hostilities, caused the city's electricity plant to run critically low on fuel and shut down.

Israel also barred 30 truckloads of relief supplies from entering the Gaza Strip, leaving a United Nations agency without food to distribute to needy families that make up half the Palestinian territory's 1.5 million people.

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My Comment: Playing politics and war on the backs of civilians. Hamas, israel, and the civilians on both sides are losers in this conflict.

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