After running out of fuel, the only power plant operating in the Gaza Strip was down, power to 2.3 million people as well as hospitals and other facilities that provide essential services are collapsing.
Meanwhile, it is reported that there will be a rocket attack on Ashkelon Hospital, a city in southern Israel. “The rocket attack on the Child Development Center of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon was definitely from the Gaza Strip,” a spokeswoman for the health service center told Al Jazeera News Service.
Meanwhile, Israel continues to refuse to supply fuel, food and other essential supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip. Srinivas Bura, professor of law at the South Asian University in New Delhi, who comments on it, says that it is a clear violation of international humanitarian law.
“That’s the first rule of war: it must exist between combatants. When civilians are targeted, like Israel’s actions in Gaza, it is a clear violation of international humanitarian law,” Bura told Al Jazeera.
That rule applies to both Israel and Hamas, which it accuses of killing civilians in Saturday’s surprise attack on Israel, he said.
Asked about Israel’s argument that the response to the Hamas attack was an act of self-defense, Bura said: “Israel has the right to defend itself, but it must do so within the parameters of international humanitarian law.”