Palestinian Authority halts its payments for Israeli electricity for Gaza - Israel


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  • Thursday, 27 Apr 2017

A view shows neighbourhoods during a power cut in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority told Israel on Thursday it will no longer pay for the electricity Israel supplies to Gaza, Israeli officials said, a move that could lead to a complete power shutdown in the territory whose two million people already endure blackouts for much of the day.

The decision was another sign of a hardening of Palestinian Authority policy towards its Hamas rivals, who control the enclave.

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