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Source: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/francis_sedgemore/2006/06/israel_and_the_civil_infrastru.html
Targeting Gazan Power Station Makes Military - and Possibly Humanitarian - Sense
(Guardian-UK) Francis Sedgemore - Causing short-term civil chaos in urban communities makes violent resistance less likely. If it helps keep down the body count, I would say that the attack on the Gaza power plant makes humanitarian sense. Gaza gets around 60% of its electricity from Israel, and the loss of Gaza's sole power station should not make impossible the extraction and purification of water. Backup generators are available for such critical services as hospitals. Israel has no choice but to act resolutely in the face of acts of war against it by the Hamas-controlled nascent Palestinian state, and that includes the arrest and prosecution of PA cabinet members and officials involved in terrorist activities. Many now wonder how much control the PA has within the West Bank and Gaza, as it appears that Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is pulling the strings from his base in Damascus, with support and funding from the Syrian and Iranian regimes.