Gaza's only power plant has run out of fuel, forcing it to shut down, as Israel formed an emergency unity government and war cabinet to retaliate against Hamas's shock weekend incursion.
Israel has formed an emergency unity government as its jets pounded Gaza and tanks massed around the densely populated blockaded enclave while Hamas militants said they were still fighting following their shock weekend incursion. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to form a war cabinet with former defence minister and centrist opposition party leader Benny Gantz and focus entirely on the conflict, a joint statement from Gantz's National Unity party said.
Hussein Al-Sheikh, an official in the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, said the international community must intervene urgently to avert "a major humanitarian catastrophe". Later in the day, alerts warning of incoming aircraft were issued across northern Israel but the Israeli military subsequently said these may have been a malfunction. Hamas said it had targeted the northern Israeli coastal city of Haifa with an R60 rocket.
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