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Egyptian electricity lines repaired, supplying Gaza again

October 5, 2016 at 4:30 pm

The Gaza Strip’s electricity company announced yesterday evening that the Egyptian power lines feeding the southern part of the besieged enclave were back in operation after being disconnected due to damage.

An official at the electricity company said that the lines had been fixed, but would be disconnected temporarily today in order for work to be done on another electricity circuit at a power station in Al-Arish.

The official pointed out that the Egyptian power lines feed the southern Gaza Strip with 20 megawatts of electricity.

In addition to damage to Egyptian power lines, three of the Israeli power lines were disconnected due to damage on Monday.

The energy authority said in a statement at the time that Israeli power lines 9 and 8, as well as the line feeding Al-Shaaf area, were damaged and disconnected last week and still haven’t been fixed. Line 9 was reportedly disconnected at dawn yesterday, and the other two followed shortly afterwards.

It remained unclear as of Tuesday whether or not the Israeli lines had been repaired.