Due to a technical fault: widespread power outage throughout the country

A power outage was recorded today (Thursday) in many localities throughout the country, which led to traffic disruptions throughout the country, and affected elevators in residential and office buildings. The electric company stated: "Due to a malfunction in one of the production units at the Haifa power station, intermittent power outages are felt in several areas of the country. The regular electricity supply has been resumed in several areas and will be fully restored in the rest of the country in the next few minutes."

The electricity system management manga stated: "Following a technical malfunction at the Haifa power plant in Haifa, the automatic load shedding system was activated whose role is to maintain the system's survival. Due to this, several short power outages were experienced across the country, with most of them being reconnected within a few minutes. The main reason for the large scale of diversions in response to this event is a lack of circulating energy and a mix of production units that includes a high scale of renewables."

"Part of the required preparation is to create complementary solutions, and the more solar energy is used and alternative solutions for inertia and immediate response are not found, we will experience short power outages of this type. Nega, the system administrator, together with similar companies around the world, is trying to create a system of solutions for the situation," it was stated More.

In the meantime, Israel Fire and Rescue spokespeople were told about the rescue of dozens of trapped people from elevators. Between the hours of 12:52 and 13:41, 70 distress calls were received from citizens who were trapped in elevators, most of them in Dan and Merkaz districts. They were rescued without incident.

As mentioned, despite the announcement by the electric company that it was not a cyber attack – the hacker group "Anonymous Sudan" claimed that it was behind the power outage. "Darkness is a beautiful thing, Israel? Don't you have electricity?", they wrote on their Telegram channel. A few minutes later they added: "Was that a good attack? Do you want more?" And they threatened to damage the internet and communication infrastructure in the country, while emphasizing – "the attack on the electricity was just for fun".