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<strong>Maan News Agency | Nov 28, 2011</strong></p>
<p>GAZA CITY (Ma’an) &#8212; The energy authority in the Gaza Strip on Monday accused Israel of deliberately disconnecting the main electricity grid to the coastal enclave as part of a &#8220;punitive policy.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Israeli occupation uses security pretexts to justify disconnecting a grid which provides 14 megawatts to the northern Gaza Strip,&#8221; head of the energy authority Kanaan Ubeid said.</p>
<p>He added that electricity had been cut off to the north for nine days.</p>
<p>The current power crisis in Gaza is also being caused by the cold weather, which has seen a surge in energy use, and maintenance works being carried out by Swedish engineers, Ubeid added.</p>
<p>Israel continues to supply the Gaza Strip with water and 70 percent of its electrical power, the rest being supplied by neighboring Egypt or local power plants.</p>
<p>Israel warned on Saturday that it would cut the supply of water and electricity to the Gaza Strip if rival parties Fatah and Hamas formed a unity government.</p>
<p><strong>AFP contributed to this report</strong></p>
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