In Gaza, life flickers as power cuts shatter livelihoods and healthcare (www.middleeasteye.net)
from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 15:52
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April 29, 2026

After hours spent carefully preparing her cakes, Abrar Abdu stood stunned in silence before her oven.

In her small, darkened workshop in Gaza City, the only light came from her phone’s torch, illuminating more than 27 ruined cakes - the result of a sudden power cut and a faulty oven.

Abdu, 34, who runs a small cake business in the Palestinian enclave, was forced to apologise to customers after failing to deliver their orders, refund every payment and absorb the full cost of the wasted ingredients.

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