Israeli group calls Gaza power cut a 'war crime'

Tania Hary, executive director of Israeli rights group Gisha, has condemned Israel's decision to cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, calling it a war crime.

“Cutting electricity supply used for civilian purposes like desalinating water is not ‘using the tools at our disposal’ as Minister [Eli] Cohen says, it’s committing the crimes at Israel’s disposal,” Hary said on X, referring to the Israeli energy minister’s statement on the move.

Hary also told the Associated Press that the plant has been providing 18,000 cubic metres of water per day, but that it will now need to rely on generators, meaning it can only process about 2,500 cubic metres per day, about the amount in an Olympic swimming pool.