Mayor of Gaza: Israeli airstrikes inflicted heavy damage on Monday

Gaza’s mayor said Israeli airstrikes Monday on the Gaza Strip have caused extensive damage to roads and other infrastructure, while the Israeli military said they destroyed 15 kilometers (nine miles) of militant tunnels and therefore the homes of nine alleged Hamas commanders.

“If the aggression continues we expect conditions to go to pot ,” said mayor Yahya Sarraj, The Associated Press reported.

The UN has warned that the territory’s sole power plant is in danger of running out of fuel, and Sarraj said Gaza was also low on spare parts.

Gaza already experiences daily power outages for between eight and 12 hours and water is undrinkable.

Mohammed Thabet, a spokesman for the the territory’s electricity distribution company, said it’s fuel to provide Gaza with electricity for 2 or three days.

Airstrikes have damaged supply lines and therefore the company’s staff cannot reach areas that were hit due to continued Israeli shelling, he added.

The war broke out last Monday, when Hamas fired long-range rockets at Jerusalem after weeks of clashes within the Celestial City between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police. The protests were focused on the heavy-handed policing of a flashpoint sacred site during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and therefore the threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinian families by Jewish settlers.

Since then, the Israeli military has launched many airstrikes that it says are targeting Hamas’ militant infrastructure.

Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired quite 3,100 rockets into Israel

At least 188 Palestinians are killed within the strikes and 1,230 people wounded. Eight people in Israel are killed in rocket attacks from Gaza.