Gaza Citizens Fear Fuel Shortage Well, who'duh thunk it?

From AP News, via Yahoo:

Local officials and aid workers worry that the fuel shortage will stop more than Gaza's cars. They fear that its hospitals will lose power and its water pumping stations will grind to a halt.

The water company and hospitals have had to rely on generators for an uninterrupted power supply since an Israeli airstrike destroyed Gaza's only power plant Tuesday night as part of an offensive to pressure militants to release an abducted soldier...

Here's some pitiful wails, dutifully picked up by AP reporter Sarah El Deeb:

Eissa Daher, the acting mayor of Jebaliya in northern Gaza, said there was enough gas to pump and treat water for between three and seven days.

"If we don't get a new supply, it will be an environmental disaster," he said.

Environmental disaster? Environmental disaster?!?! ... ? Since when did Palestinians care about the environment ... ?

Hospitals, which stocked up on fuel before the offensive, said they did not count on having to run on generator power for 18 hours a day.

Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the main hospital in the territory, has seven to 10 days of fuel left, said Dr. Jumaa al-Sakka, a hospital administrator.

"If the fuel runs out, people in intensive care units and babies in incubators will immediately die," he said

Gosh, 18 Asheri Eliyahu wasn't even in ICU, and he's dead.

I have a great idea. Why don't the Palestinian denizens of the Gaza strip take it up with the party they elected into power ... ? Hm. Guess Hamas is a little busy these days.

Guess who is helping them out though? According to the article, The Israeli army said Saturday that Israel had increased the supply of electricity it provides to Gaza to make up for the power plant it hit and would work to allow food and fuel to enter in the coming days.

What a relief! I guess the party elected by the people of the Palestinian territories can go about its real work, which is kidnapping and murdering Israeli's ...

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