Om Amjad Al Shaqouk gets four hours of electricity per day, often at unpredictable times or broken up throughout the day. Because of this, completing even the most basic household tasks can be nearly impossible.
Om Amjad Al Shaqouk gets four hours of electricity per day, often at unpredictable times or broken up throughout the day. Because of this, completing even the most basic household tasks can be nearly impossible.
In June 2006, following the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit by Hamas, the Israeli military bombed Gaza’s only power plant, destroying its six transformers. It took five months for the plant to resume partial production, and today the power plant still can’t function at full capacity.