The move, which will mainly affect a single wastewater treatment plant, appeared intended to put pressure on Hamas.

Israel said Sunday that it would be cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen said he signed an order that would shut off electricity to Gaza “immediately.” “Enough with the talk,

In order to increase the pressure on the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, the Israeli government has now also stopped electricity supplies

Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza's electricity supply Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the

Israel’s Energy Minister, Eli Cohen, said on Sunday he had given instructions to stop supplying electricity to Gaza, a week after Israel blocked all aid into the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The move has echoes of the earliest days of the war when Israel announced a “siege” that included an electricity cut-off to Gaza.

Israel last week suspended supplies of goods to the territory of more than 2 million Palestinians, an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of the war.

A Hamas member described Israel's move as a "desperate attempt to pressure our people and their resistance through cheap and unacceptable blackmail tactics".

Israel's Energy Minister Eli Cohen said that he had ordered his team to stop supplying electricity to Gaza. This comes a week after the minister had blocked all aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory.