Israel to cut electricity supplies to Palestinians

‘An Israeli electricity company has decided to intermittently cut the power supplies to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

“Due to a mounting debt worth nearly 1.8 billion shekels (USD 459 million), we have decided that as of today, electrical supply will be cut” for an hour each morning and another hour each night, said an Israeli official with the energy company on Thursday.

The official, who was speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the measure, which would “not cause general power cuts, will remain in place until the Palestinian Authority begins to settle its debts.”’

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