Contrary to international humanitarian law, the Israeli army has cut off electricity and fuel supplies to the 1.5 million people living in the Gaza Strip as “retaliation” to homemade projectile attacks that have caused mainly property damage in remote areas of Israel.

According to Ma’an News Agency:

Most of the Gaza Strip’s 1.5 million residents are spending the night without electricity as an Israeli-imposed blockade enters its fourth consecutive night.

The Gaza Strip’s only power plant shut down on Sunday due to a shortage of fuel.

“At least 800,000 people are now in darkness,” Derar Abu Sissi, general director of the plant, told reporters on Sunday night.

Supplies of food are running out, and the water and sewage systems are on the brink of collapse.