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Gazans continue to struggle with prolonged power outages

An elderly Palestinian woman stands at her house during a power cut in the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, on January 4, 2017. Residents of Gaza, home to 1.8 million people, have been experiencing for the past two weeks long hours of electricity outage. (AFP)

Ashraf Shannon
Press TV, Gaza

Around two million Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip have grappled with long power outages recently amid the cold weather. They have faced the problem for nearly a decade due to the Israeli blockade.

 

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