(AFP) The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Sunday called on bickering Palestinian factions to resolve a deepening electricity "crisis" in Gaza. The territory's sole power plant, which provides 25% of its electricity, was forced to shut down over the weekend as a result of a payment dispute between Hamas and the PA. The quantity of diesel fuel brought in to Gaza has declined since November, when the European Commission transferred responsibility for buying the fuel to the PA after its aid program expired.
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