The Israeli blockade and Egypt’s refusal to allow fuel into the Gaza Strip through underground tunnels are only making the crisis more severe.
Lengthy blackouts in the impoverished territory are badly affecting the provision of essential services, including the supply of water and sewage disposal.
As a result of the blackouts, Gaza hospitals have been running on emergency generators that consume 20,000 liters of fuel per day.
In recent days, Egyptian officials have promised to supply Gaza’s only power plant with the additional fuel it needs, but up until now nothing has arrived.
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