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The Israeli government is under intense public pressure Thursday to topple Hamas as the latest Israel-Hamas war reaches its sixth day. In the Gaza Strip, meanwhile, residents are facing ever-growing uncertainty after the territory’s only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down Wednesday.
Palestinians evacuate wounded people after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) 
Palestinian children wounded in Israel strikes are brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud) 
Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes are brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud) 
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Israel’s retaliation has escalated after Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers launched an unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday, killing over 1,200 Israelis and taking captive dozens. Heavy Israeli airstrikes on the enclave has killed over 1,200 Palestinians. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 
A Palestinian child wounded in Israeli bombardment waits for treatment in a hospital in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) 
Bodies of the Abu Rayash family killed in Israeli shelling are loaded on the truck at Edwin Hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) 
Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes are brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud) 
Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 
Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Thursday, Oct.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) 
Family members mourn during the funeral of Israeli soldier Shilo Rauchberger at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) 
Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) 
Mourners gather in grief around the bodies of Danielle Waldmann and her partner Noam Shai during their funeral in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 
A Palestinian child wounded in Israeli strikes is brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud) 
An Israeli howitzer fires at the Gaza Strip from the south of Israel on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) 
The body of a killed Hamas militant lies on the ground at the site of a music festival, near the border with Gaza Strip in southern Israel, Thursday. Oct. 12, 2023. At least 260 Israeli festivalgoers were killed during the attack last Saturday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) 
Israelis mourn next to the graves of Danielle Waldmann and her partner Noam Shai, during their funeral in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 
U.N. peacekeepers stand atop a watchtower in the southern village of Marwaheen, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) 
Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building leveled in an Israeli airstrike, in Al Shati refugee camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) 
Israeli tanks head toward the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Thursday, Oct.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) 
Israeli soldiers surround a Palestinian who ran at them with a knife at the site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. At least 260 Israeli festivalgoers were killed during the attack last Saturday. (AP Photo/Erik Marmor) 
Lebanese men sit facing the Israeli town of Metula, background, in the southern border village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) 
Mourners attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Shilo Rauchberger at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) 
A convoy of Israeli tanks advances near the border with Gaza on October 12, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinian, have died since October 7, after Palestinian Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip enclave. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images) 
A convoy of Israeli armoured vehicles advances near the border with Gaza on October 12, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinian, have died since October 7, after Palestinian Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip enclave. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images) 
Israeli security forces examine the area of a reported shooting in Jerusalem on October 12, 2023. Two officers were wounded Thursday in a shooting in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, police said, adding the gunman was “neutralised”. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images) 
GAZA CITY, GAZA – OCTOBER 12: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Image depicts death) The body of a Palestinian killed during Israeli air strikes is carried in a sheet on October 12, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. At least 1,200 people, including at least 326 children, have been killed and more than 300,000 displaced, after Israel launched sustained retaliatory air strikes after a large-scale attack by Hamas. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza by land, sea, and air, killing 1000 people and wounding more than 2000. Israeli soldiers and civilians have also been taken hostage by Hamas and moved into Gaza. The attack prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) 
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – OCTOBER 12: Israeli border police secure the area outside The Shalem Police Station and Herod’s Gate in the old city of Jerusalem, on October 12, 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel. Two police officers who were injured, one is in severe condition, and the other in light condition, in what according to officials was a lone wolf attack. Israel has sealed off Gaza and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed at least 1,200 people with more than 300, 000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza by land, sea, and air, killing over 1,200 people and wounding around 2800. Israeli soldiers and civilians have also been taken hostage by Hamas and moved into Gaza. The attack prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the announcement of an emergency wartime government. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) 
A ball of fire erupts in Gaza City after an Israeli air strike on October 12, 2023. Israel has vowed to “crush” Hamas after gunmen from the Palestinian Islamist group stormed across the border and killed 1,200 people — the deadliest attack on the country since it was founded 75 years ago. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images) 
A ball of fire erupts in Gaza City after an Israeli air strike on October 12, 2023. Israel has vowed to “crush” Hamas after gunmen from the Palestinian Islamist group stormed across the border and killed 1,200 people — the deadliest attack on the country since it was founded 75 years ago. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Without power, communication is limited and information is scarce. Egypt has engaged in intensive talks with Israel and the United States to allow the delivery of aid and fuel through its Rafah crossing point. However, it pushed back against proposals to establish corridors out of Gaza, saying an exodus of Palestinians from the enclave would have grave consequences on the Palestinian cause.
