Tuesday, 18 August 2020_Nearly two million Palestinians in Gaza are grappling with long hours of power outage due to lack of fuel for the power generating company.
At night the streets of Gaza are plunged into darkness. The Israeli regime has sealed the sole commercial crossing with Gaza and prevented the entry of all goods including fuel for Gaza’s power plant for what it calls launching of incendiary balloons from the blockaded coastal sliver. The power plant is currently working at minimum capacity.
In recent days, blackouts lasted up to 14 hours a day amid the hot summer. The chronic electricity deficit has undermined the already fragile living conditions. The Israeli regime also refuses to allow badly needed spare parts to maintain the power lines in the blockaded coastal sliver.
The electricity crisis has taken its toll on all aspects of life in the Gaza Strip. Vital services like hospitals, water provision and sewage treatment have been heavily disrupted.The situation is especially dangerous amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
Rights groups have warned of the catastrophic impact of the long power cuts. Observers say an urgent international intervention is needed to solve the electricity crisis and avert a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.
People in the tiny coastal enclave have been suffering for many years due to inhumane Israeli practices. Experts say for the energy crisis to end, the blockade must be fully lifted.
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