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 says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear but the arid territory’s desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.

The move is part of an escalating pressure campaign, but the Palestinian enclave gets most of its power from generators.

In a short video statement, Cohen said, We will employ all the tools available to us so that all the hostages will return, and we will ensure that Hamas wont be in Gaza on the day after.

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

Hundreds of aid trucks have entered Gaza daily since the ceasefire began on Jan. 19​, and it was unclear what the immediate impact of the aid cutoff would be.

Israel will immediately cut off the flow of electricity to Gaza, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen ordered Sunday. Critics blasted the measure as ineffective politicking.

Israel’s Energy Minister, Eli Cohen, said on Sunday he had given instructions to stop supplying electricity to Gaza, a week after Israel blocked all aid into the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The move has echoes of the earliest days of the war when Israel announced a “siege” that included an electricity cut-off to Gaza.

Israel said it was immediately halting its supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to coerce Hamas into releasing Israeli hostages and giving up its arms, though Israel currently supplies little power to the enclave.

Israel has announced it is cutting off its electricity supply to two million people in Gaza, a week after it stopped the entry of aid into Gaza in a bid to force Hamas to accept new terms of a ceasefire deal.