Israel says it has cut the flow of electricity to the last facility in Gaza that was still receiving power from the Israel Electric Corporation.

Israel wants Hamas to release half of the remaining hostages in return for a promise to negotiate a lasting truce.

Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza's electricity supply Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the future of its truce with the Palestinian militants.

An Israeli delegation will travel to the Gulf state of Qatar on Monday to hold talks on the continuation of the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as Israel's electricity minister announced he was cutting deliveries to the enclave.

Israel’s energy minister said he had given instructions to stop supplying electricity to Gaza a week after Israel blocked all aid into the Palestinian territory.

A Hamas member described Israel's move as a "desperate attempt to pressure our people and their resistance through cheap and unacceptable blackmail tactics".

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