In Gaza, life flickers as power cuts shatter livelihoods and healthcare

In Gaza, life flickers as power cuts shatter livelihoods and healthcare Submitted by Nada Nabil on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 14:00 Businesses collapse, operations are delayed, and families struggle to survive as electricity shortages deepen under Israeli siege Palestinian families displaced by Israeli attacks shelter in a Unrwa school in the Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City (Omar Ashtawy/IMAGO/APAimages via Reuters) Off 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.