Power crisis worsens in blockaded Gaza

The power crisis in the Gaza Strip has been growing due to the Zionist regime’s blockade that leaves the coastal enclave short of the fuel required to run its generators.

According to IRIB, Gaza Electricity Distribution Corporation has announced a tight rationing of power among Gaza citizens, with daily power outages of over eight hours.
The fuel shortage and long blackouts worsen the humanitarian situation in the blockaded Gaza and lead to a number of deaths in the besieged territory.
The most recent incident is the death of an entire family of six whose house caught fire because of a single candle — the only thing the impoverished people afforded to light their house at the time of power cuts.

Adie Mormech, an international activist in Gaza said “The deaths that have occurred in the past few days are not just tragedies; they are direct crimes because of the siege.”
He added “There are still 1.6 million people here and they are under a military siege. That means a lot of important goods are not coming in and one of the most important is fuel for electricity.”
Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.