(Aljazeera)
Israeli forces have pounded multiple sites across the Gaza
Strip, including the enclave’s sole power plant, as diplomats intensified
efforts to end the bloodshed.
Palestinian emergency services said that at least six people
were killed early on Wednesday during prolonged shelling of the southern town
of Khan Yunis and 20 more were wounded, most of them seriously.
Wednesday’s deaths bring the number of Palestinians killed
during the 16-day Israeli assault on Gaza to 648 Palestinians, including dozens
of children. More than 4,000 people have been injured.
The number of Israelis who died from fighting with
Palestinian fighters has climbed to 31, including 29 soldiers and two
civilians.
One other soldier remains missing, but is presumed dead,
according to the Israeli army.
Adding to the woes of the besieged strip, residents on
Wednesday said Israel shelled a power plant which provides electricity to half
the population of Gaza.
The power station spokesperson in Gaza told Al Jazeera that
the main equipment of the plant was hit last night, adding that now only 10
percent of the people in Gaza had electricity.
Electricity supplies from Israel were cut short last week, after
Israel said that rockets from Gaza had damaged the infrastructure.
A rocket fired from Gaza on Tuesday hit Tel Aviv’s Ben
Gurion international airport prompted major US and European airlines to suspend
their flights from and to Israel, a blow to Israel’s economy
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