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A Palestinian engineer standing in front of Gaza power plant destroyed in June. (Miki Kratsman / Archive)
Last update - 11:03 27/09/2006
Gaza Strip to remain without full electrical power for a year
By Gideon Levy, Haaretz Correspondent, and the Associated Press

It could take between eight to 14 months to fix a Gaza Strip power plant destroyed in an Israel Air Force strike in late June, and to restore full electrical power to the region.

Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem has accused the Israel Defense Forces of war crimes for bombing the plant, which has left many areas of the Gaza Strip without full electricitical power the last three months.

Electricity in many areas is cut off for half of the day, severely hampering hospitals, the water supply and sewage systems, B'Tselem said in a report.

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An IAF aircraft struck the power plant on June 28. The attack came at the start of a major IDF offensive in Gaza following the abduction of an IDF soldier and the killing of two others by Palestinian militants linked to Hamas.

"B'Tselem determines that the bombing of the power plant was illegal and defined as a war crimes in International Humanitarian Law, as the attack was aimed at a purely civilian object," according to the report.

"There was no apparent military basis for the action and it seems that its intention was to satisfy a desire for revenge."

Israel could have, instead of taking such drastic military action, cut off the electric supply to Gaza through the Israel Electric Corporation although this would have been illegal as well, the group said.

B'Tselem demanded that the government open an investigation into the bombing of the plant.

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  1.   Let`s not forget Jiyyeh 09:56  |  Maral 27/09/06
  2.   Israel? A state that commits vicious war crimes? 10:03  |  Clickfool 27/09/06
  3.   Compensate the USA Too 10:16  |  Mark of Lewiston 27/09/06
  4.   B`Tselem would have called bombing of railway to Auschwitz a "war 10:17  |  Absolute Sweden 27/09/06
  5.   And now that is a 6th time 10:20  |  Danny - Israeli one 27/09/06
  6.   Unfortunately correct 10:23  |  Aaron Levitt 27/09/06
  7.   Crimes Shmines 10:25  |  ChanahS 27/09/06
  8.   Mark of L 10:27  |  ChanahS 27/09/06
  9.   Excellent! When can we do it again? 10:29  |  Ben 27/09/06
  10.   OF COURSE IT WAS A WAR CRIME...AND NOT THE ONLY ONE 10:29  |  Messaoud 27/09/06
  11.   Judge yourselves 10:31  |  shaun 27/09/06
  12.   BOMBING electricity supply to Qassem makers is self defence.!! 10:31  |  PETER SM 27/09/06
  13.   Electricity everywhere! 10:33  |  Ronald McDonald 27/09/06
  14.   For Absolute Sweden 10:40  |  Clickfool 27/09/06
  15.   War is in itself a crime 10:40  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/09/06
  16.   absolute sweden 10:46  |  rose 27/09/06
  17.   If the Palestinian had returned the abducted soldier 10:49  |  Gina 27/09/06
  18.   Clickfool who calls for Haifa to be bombed 10:54  |  Gina 27/09/06
  19.   Collective punishment is the war crime fools 10:55  |  Maral 27/09/06
  20.   Aaron Levitt 10:56  |  Gina 27/09/06
  21.   How does BTselem decree... 10:59  |  DJStahl 27/09/06
  22.   If this had been a Israeli powerplant.... 11:01  |  Freddy 27/09/06
  23.   How does B`Tselem decree... 11:06  |  DJStahl 27/09/06
  24.   So if Iran does it to Israel? 11:06  |  Marilyn 27/09/06
  25.   #10, PETER SM 11:08  |  Fritz 27/09/06
  26.   Margie in TA #11 11:10  |  Freddy 27/09/06
  27.   Fritz water pump 11:20  |  flounder 27/09/06
  28.   The once proud IDF are now known as spiteful bully boys 11:22  |  Natallie Durson 27/09/06
  29.   Margie, good morning. 11:26  |  Maral 27/09/06
  30.   Clikfool,your Brit pilots bombed Belgrads power plants.And Bagdad 11:26  |  Absolute Sweden 27/09/06
  31.   To Ben 11:27  |  Lena 27/09/06
  32.   It`s so simple 11:27  |  gavri 27/09/06
  33.   to #24 Marilyn don`t hold your breath 11:28  |  Ari ben Yisrael 27/09/06
  34.   PETER SM - I forgot 11:31  |  Fritz 27/09/06
  35.   FOR BEN # 9 EXCELLENT ! ... 11:36  |  CLICKRIGHT 27/09/06
  36.   #17, Gina 11:38  |  Fritz 27/09/06
  37.   Freddy about pettiness 11:39  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/09/06
  38.   # 19 Maral , you mean the worlwide embargo on the PA 11:41  |  Joseph E . 27/09/06
  39.   A powerful argument Ronald 11:42  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/09/06
  40.   to Clickfool ....perhaps 11:43  |  North & South Israel 27/09/06
  41.   This is not a war crime 11:43  |  Sofreno 27/09/06
  42.   Clickfool #14 "For Absolute Sweden" is FAKE 11:44  |  Clickfool 27/09/06
  43.   To ClickFOOL #14: Still two types of law, one for Jews, one for g 11:46  |  Jonathan S 27/09/06
  44.   I did not write # 36 11:51  |  Clickable 27/09/06
  45.   Collective punishment 11:51  |  Altalena 27/09/06
  46.   # 19 Maral 11:53  |  ChanahS 27/09/06
  47.   To Fritz #25: You have surrendered already! 11:58  |  Jonathan S 27/09/06
  48.   Marilyn and trolls 12:02  |  ChanahS 27/09/06
  49.   electricity 12:04  |  colin elkon 27/09/06
  50.   Natalllie Durson 12:08  |  ChanahS 27/09/06
  51.   clickfool this is a pre-emptive raid 12:09  |  harzion 27/09/06
  52.   Maral, lesser evil? 12:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/09/06
  53.   mark lewiston and yemen 12:13  |  zadok the priest 27/09/06
  54.   cippiora julianna kohn 12:16  |  zadok the priest 27/09/06
  55.   Curious article 12:30  |  Altalena 27/09/06
  56.   Joseph E 12:34  |  Maral 27/09/06
  57.   Margie 12:36  |  Maral 27/09/06
  58.   Well, ChanahS... 12:41  |  Maral 27/09/06
  59.   For Gina 12:41  |  Clickfool 27/09/06
  60.   Answer to No. 50 harzion 12:44  |  Clickfool 27/09/06
  61.   To Jonathan S 12:44  |  Fletch 27/09/06
  62.   They will "think" trwice 12:49  |  maurice 27/09/06
  63.   Israel did right and good and good and right! 12:51  |  Dan 27/09/06
  64.   For the Zionist who wrote # 42 12:54  |  Clickfool 27/09/06
  65.   Jonathen S 12:57  |  Freddy 27/09/06
  66.   Sanctions against Israel NOW 12:58  |  Laura 27/09/06
  67.   FRITZ I said MAKE,as in manufacture,it needs electricty. 13:03  |  PETER SM 27/09/06
  68.   ChanahS and the `forces of darkness` 13:04  |  Freddy 27/09/06
  69.   Maral # 58 13:04  |  ChanahS 27/09/06
  70.   Fletch # 61 13:06  |  ChanahS 27/09/06
  71.   clickfool you may insult you persecuter 13:09  |  harzion 27/09/06
  72.   Marilyn, Just Curious... Are You Hannah`s Sister ?? 13:09  |  Klaudia 27/09/06
  73.   worry about Israelis for a change 13:10  |  zionist forever 27/09/06
  74.   Laura - Syria and Sanctions 13:10  |  ChanahS 27/09/06
  75.   To Laura 13:11  |  Fletch 27/09/06
  76.   clcikfool "israel lies ans cheats" 13:13  |  harzion 27/09/06
  77.   clickfool "bankrupt zionist" 13:15  |  harzion 27/09/06
  78.   laura the best advice to you and your sour hatred 13:17  |  zadok the priest 27/09/06
  79.   Fritz.War is hell,shame the Pals are educating for hate,read on- 13:19  |  PETER SM 27/09/06
  80.   maral and "down the crapper" 13:22  |  flavius josephus 27/09/06
  81.   maral israel was kind 13:24  |  flavius josephus 27/09/06
  82.   Destruction of power plant is not a crime 13:24  |  Altalena 27/09/06
  83.   Destruction of power plant is not a crime 13:24  |  Altalena 27/09/06
  84.   where was the war??? between whom??? 13:24  |  paul harris 27/09/06
  85.   B`Tselem: Start focusing on "honor" killings and violent jihad! 13:25  |  Ohev Tsion 27/09/06
  86.   To Fletch #61: Not a question of religion 13:31  |  Jonathan S 27/09/06
  87.   they are the best 13:37  |  wally 27/09/06
  88.   B`Ztelem are right!!! 13:38  |  Robert 27/09/06