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Hamas: Israel cut to Gaza electricity 'unacceptable blackmail'

Hamas has issued a statement condemning Israel's decision to cut power to Gaza as "cheap and unacceptable blackmail".

Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas's political bureau said in a statement that the move was a "a desperate attempt to pressure our people and their resistance through cheap and unacceptable blackmail tactics".

Reporting by AFP