"Over the last 10 years, Gaza's electrical infrastructure has been
destroyed and degraded. Gaza is under an Israeli-imposed blockade that
prevents the plant from importing parts to replace damaged components.
As a result, the amount of available electricity has decreased sharply."
Children
play in the park near the Hamad City housing complex in the southern
Gaza Strip, February 13, 2017. (Photo: Wissam Nassar / The New York
Times)