In Gaza, life flickers as power cuts shatter livelihoods and healthcare

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In Gaza, widespread power outages since October 2023, stemming from severed power lines and fuel blockades, are crippling businesses and healthcare. Residents and institutions rely on failing private generators, leading to ruined goods, delayed surgeries, and damaged medical equipment.

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Submitted by Nada Nabil on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 14:00 Businesses collapse, operations are delayed, and families struggle to survive as electricity shortages deepen under Israeli siege Palestinian families displaced by Israeli attacks shelter in a Unrwa school in the Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City (Omar Ashtawy/IMAGO/APAimages via Reuters) Off After hours spent carefully preparing her cakes, Abrar Abdu stood stunned in silence before her oven. In her small, darkened workshop in Gaza City, th

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