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Power outage at Khanyounis refugee camp in Gaza Strip

Palestinian refugee girls study by candlelight in their family's makeshift house during a power outage at Khanyounis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, 23 April 2017. Most Palestinian in Gaza Strip use batteries, generators or candles to light their homes. Residents of Gaza, home to around 1.8 million people, experience around 20 electricity outages per day. According to reports, the Gaza Strip sole functioning power on 16 April 2017 ran out of fuel and stopped working. The Gaza Power Generating Company plant's operation usually only works eight hours a day after the fuel crosses into Gaza through the Israeli Kerem Shalom border crossing.

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Photo ID	#1916344
Date Taken	23 April 2017
Location	N/A
Photographer	Ezz al-Zanoun/NurPhoto
Category	Social Issue
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Ezz al-Zanoun/NurPhoto

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