Gaza electricity crisis

Palestinian children cool themselves off during a heat wave in Gaza, July 2023. The children are pouring water over each others' heads.

A heat wave and no electricity has turned most houses in Gaza into furnaces

By Tareq S. Hajjaj July 29, 2023 5

The Gaza power crisis has worsened over the summer, as demand for electricity during an unprecedented heat wave has led to even more drastic rationing.

With frequent power cuts, winters in Gaza can be deadly

By Tareq S. Hajjaj February 9, 2023 1

During Gaza’s cold winter months, the absence of sufficient electricity drives families desperate for warmth to use hazardous fuel sources to heat their homes. The results can often be deadly.

Mourners attend the funeral of 7 Palestinian including Islamic Jihad movement commander Khaled Mansour, were killed in Israeli air strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022. The death toll from violence in Gaza has risen to 29, including six children, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said today, correcting a previous statement. The health ministry also said that 253 people in Gaza had been wounded since the hostilities with Israel broke out on August 5. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement on Sunday confirmed the death of its senior commander Khaled Mansour in Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Photo by Ashraf Amra/APAimages

Live Blog: Ceasefire in Gaza as death toll stands at 43

By Mondoweiss Editors August 7, 2022 3

An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire went into effect at 11:30pm local time (20:30 GMT). Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced the ceasefire in a statement, adding that they have a right to “respond to any Zionist aggression.”

Mondoweiss correspondent in Gaza Tareq Hajjaj reported that Israeli airstrikes were ongoing in the last hour leading up to the ceasefire.

The Gaza Health Ministry reports that 43 Palestinians, including 15 children, have been killed in Gaza since Israel began airstrikes on the besieged strip on Friday.

Gaza’s only power plant shuts down as Israeli airstrikes continue

By Tareq S. Hajjaj August 6, 2022 0

Amid the latest Israeli onslaught, Gaza’s sole power plant shut down after Israel closed its border crossings with the besieged strip and cut off its fuel supply. “The state of electricity in Gaza is already terrible without the continuous bombardment, and with it darkness becomes another kind of war,” Gaza resident Khaled Hassan tells Mondoweiss.