Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said Monday that his country was committed to providing electricity for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to help overcome power crisis in the coastal enclave.
Commenting on power shortage in Gaza since Sunday, Zaki said in a statement that the supply of electricity for people in the Palestinian territories should continue.
Suspension of the main services offered to the Palestinians in the strip should not be done under any pretext, said the spokesman, noting that the basic services should not be used by any party as political cards.
According to earlier reports, Alla el-Dein al-A'araj, an aide to deposed prime minister of the Hamas-led Palestinian coalition government Ismail Haneya, accused the caretaker government in the West Bank of conspiring to cut off fuel supplies to Gaza along with Israel.
Power plant in Gaza was forced to shut down on Sunday after the European Union (EU) suspended the financing of fuel deliveries for the only plant in the territory, which led to wide blackout in Gaza.
The EU spends 6.5 million euros (9 million U.S. dollars) a month on fuel for the plant, which provides at least a quarter of Gaza's electricity.
Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in mid-June after ousted rival Fatah movement, is reportedly having contacts with the EU to solve the fuel crisis that led to power cuts in half of the Gaza enclave.
Source: Xinhua
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