Live updates: Israel-Palestine latest news: Gaza runs out of power

Gaza’s only power plant has run out of fuel, according to the Palestinian enclave’s electricity authority.

“The only power plant in the Gaza Strip stopped functioning at 2pm (11am BST),” said Jalal Ismail, the authority’s head, having earlier warned that it was running short of fuel.

Only generators will be left to power the area, which is under heavy Israeli bombardment.

The blackouts follow Israel’s decision to block fuel shipments into Gaza as part of what the Israeli government has called a “complete siege”.

Palestinians struggled to flee to safety on Wednesday, as airstrikes smashed entire city blocks to rubble and left unknown numbers of bodies beneath mounds of debris.

The sole remaining access from Egypt was shut down Tuesday after airstrikes hit near the border crossing.

Humanitarian groups have pleaded for the creation of corridors to get aid in, warning that hospitals overwhelmed with wounded people were running out of supplies.

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