Israel has cut off the electricity supply to Gaza. The move has affected a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory.

Cutting off electricity supplies to Gaza and discussing stopping water supplies are "unacceptable and incompatible with Israel's obligations under international law," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Kathrin Deschauer told journalists in Berlin.

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.