New Delhi, March 9 -- Israel on Sunday said it is cutting off the electricity supply to Gaza as two countries remained at war.

Israel's Energy Minister Eli Cohen said that he had ordered his team to stop supplying electricity to Gaza. This comes a week after the minister had blocked all aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory.

"I have just signed the order to stop supplying electricity immediately to the Gaza Strip," Cohen said in a video statement," he was quoted as saying by news agency AFP.

"We will use all the tools at our disposal to bring back the hostages and ensure that Hamas is no longer in Gaza the day after" the war.

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