#Electricity

“The dream of light”: MAP’s team speak about this month’s increased electricity supply in Gaza

Hear from MAP’s Gaza team about the recent increase in electricity supply and the difference this has made to their lives.

Gaza update: “doctors used flashlights to examine patients”

In Gaza the health system continues to deteriorate, with hospitals struggling to cope and dangerously low medicine stocks.

Urgent action needed to prevent total collapse of Gaza health system

As Gaza’s humanitarian emergency deepens, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has called for urgent action from the international community to prevent the total collapse of Gaza’s health sector.

Temporary relief as Gaza’s electricity partially increased

On 7 January, Israel began to resupply Gaza with 50 megawatts (MW) of power. The restoration of power to the levels as they were before June 2017 will partially ease the severe suffering of Gaza’s two million residents.

The daily struggle of Gaza's electricity crisis

Mahmoud Shalabi, MAP’s Manager of Emergency and Medical Training Programmes, describes how severe electricity shortages detrimentally affect daily life in Gaza.