Miracle in Gaza: Power Plan Declared Destroyed Comes Back to Life When Refueled
"Elder of Ziyon just published a fascinating update on the widely reported story from late July, in which Gaza’s only power plant was allegedly completely “destroyed” by an Israeli missile strike. The report, quite naturally, didn’t mention that Israel not only denied attacking the power plant, but explained that they didn’t bomb anything in the vicinity of the power plant that day. Here are the relevant paragraphs from Sherwoodâ??s report:
Flames and clouds of black smoke billowed over Gaza’s only power plant on after it was destroyed during the most relentless and widespread Israeli bombardment of the current conflict. At least 100 people were killed on Tuesday. according to Gaza health officials.
‘The power plant is finished,’ said its director, Mohammed al-Sharif, signalling a new crisis for Gaza’s 1.8 million people, who were already enduring power cuts of more than 20 hours a day.
Amnesty International said the crippling of the power station amounted to ‘collective punishment of Palestinians’. The strike on the plant will worsen already severe problems with Gaza’s water supply, sewage treatment and power supplies to medical facilities.
‘We need at least one year to repair the power plant, the turbines, the fuel tanks and the control room,’ said Fathi Sheik Khalil of the Gaza energy authority. ‘Everything was burned.’ He said crew members who had been trapped by the fire for several hours were evacuated.
The Guardian also published a video report titled Israel targets Hamas leader and power plant, which similarly omitted any mention that Israel denied targeting the plant. And, the Guardian’s Middle East editor, Ian Black, contextualized the story as providing evidence which makes it difficult for Israel to continue to ‘claim’ that it doesn’t ‘intentionally target civilian infrastructure’ in Gaza.
However, the ‘destroyed’ power plant is about to come back online as soon as a shipment of fuel arrives to the Strip, the plant’s executive manager said Saturday. Walid Saad Sayil said at a news conference that he was waiting on a response from President Mahmoud Abbas’ office on providing fuel to run the plant. Sayil expects to hear back from either Ramallah or Qatar within 48 hours regarding a fuel shipment, he said."
To summarize:
- The power plant ran out of fuel
- The media ran with a lie that it was blown up, replete with fake stories of billowing fire
- The power plant is now fine once it is filled up, but you will hear nothing from a media that is very willing to lie.
- Ask yourself why the media wants to lie and what else they have lied about.