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Israel halts electricity supply to Gaza Strip: Energy minister

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Israel ordered its state-run electricity company to halt supply to the Gaza Strip on Saturday after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, the energy minister said.

“I have signed an order instructing (Israel) Electric Company to stop the electricity supply to Gaza,” Energy Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.

At least 150 Israelis have been killed in the attacks launched by the Palestinian movement Hamas.

Israel said the Iran-backed group had declared war as its army confirmed fighting with militants in several Israeli towns and military bases near Gaza and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate.

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This type of collective punishment against civilians is a war crime.
The Israeli government is a disgrace. Shameful corrupt regime needs to be jailed for crimes against humanity.
- Be that as it may, no government in the world would leave today's events unanswered for.
  
  Turns out when you treat a population as subhuman for over 50 years, some of them start doing some inhumane shit....
  
  The solution is basic human decency, but asking the oppressed population to change before the oppressors never works out.
  
  True, but they should target Hamas. Collective punishment is a war crime.
  
  The Palestinians are just answering the decades of colonialism and genocide they've received
  
  Eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Pretty sure hamas did these attacks because of what Israel did to them yesterday….
- The Jews of today are no better than the Nazis of yesteryear morally speaking
  
  No. If you are against Jews or Jewish people in general or even if you just think ill of them, you’re a fucking bigoted piece of shit.
  
  I was talking about the Israeli government, not Jewish people.
Unprovoked
state-run electricity company

I wonder what the energy prices are like in Israel...

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