Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) has warned Hamas that he will turn off the electric supply from Ashkelon to Gaza if terrorists aim at the city's huge power plant. The Rottenberg generating station supplies 60 percent of Gaza's power, the minister stated.
 
He pointed out that terrorists previously shot an Israel Electric Company employee while he was carrying out a repair on an electric line to Gaza.

The Infrastructures Minister added that Israel is not involved with the transport of fuel for Gaza generating plants. He explained that the Palestinian Authority (PA) made a contract with the private Dor-Alon energy company to supply fuel and that last week's halt in deliveries was the firm's decision after receiving intelligence reports that a terrorist attack was imminent.