Headline: Lights Out in Gaza
Following Israel's sealing of Gaza's borders after a missile attack last week, Gaza has been plunged into darkness. Israel has cut off the delivery of fuel, food, and supplies following the attack, and now Gaza's only power plant no longer has the fuel it needs to operate.
A complicated conflict, the current blockade has led Hamas, the armed Islamic movement that controls the Gaza Strip, to announce that hospitals are operating on generators and that the situation is dire. Israel has said the blockade would end if militants halted rocket launchings, and has suggested that the situation in Gaza has been exaggerated to gain sympathy, adding that they would do anything they needed to do to avoid a humanitarian crisis. The lights remain off, though Israel is now allowing a limited fuel shipment to enter on Tuesday.
