Act of Vengeance: Israel's Bombing of the Gaza Power Plant and its Effects
In the early morning hours of 28 June 2006, following the abduction of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli Air Force attacked the only electrical power plant operating in the Gaza Strip. Six missiles were fired at the power plant's six transformers.
UN human rights chief to visit Occupied Palestinian territories, Israel
Referring to the situation in the West Bank, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner General Karen Koning AbuZayd stressed that the “insidious effects” of the barrier which Israel is building, while less visible, “are as devastating as what is so plain to see in Gaza.”
