Residents said rolling blackouts in Gaza last between eight and 12 hours a day. Gas station owners refused to accept Israeli fuel shipments, saying they covered only a third of their needs. Aid workers said on Sunday the Gaza City power plant was working at full capacity but had no fuel reserves.
Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon said Israel should not make do with symbolic power cuts.
"If they fire a rocket, then there should be no electricity, or water or fuel" that day, he said.
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