As Israel reopened the Nahal Oz crossing Tuesday morning to allow a fuel delivery into Gaza, local Palestinian Authority terrorists were launching missile attacks at Jewish towns on the other side of the crossing, in the western Negev.
Israel delivered enough diesel fuel – 2.2 million liters – to run the Gaza power plant at 60 megawatts for a week. Israel and Egypt provide Gaza with another 140 megawatts from their own grids. “Even without the new fuel supply they have enough electricity for more than half of Gaza, since Israel regularly supplies [the region] with 70 percent of its electricity needs,” said a senior defense official. Israel is not providing gasoline for cars, however.
“We will not allow a humanitarian crisis,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Kadima party members Monday night, “but we have no intention of making their lives easier. As far as I’m concerned, the residents of Gaza can walk, and they will not get gasoline because they have a murderous, terrorist regime that does not allow the residents of southern Israel to live in peace.” |