It is quite dangerous to gather this footage and our thanks go to our long-standing cameraman in the region. We are not naming him for security purposes.
After they queue for hours at aid stations for tiny amounts of sustenance, and to recharge their phones – Gaza residents then return to bombed-out shelters to cook morsels of bread on campfires and go to the toilet in whatever unused corners they can find.
They search the trash for materials for their fires to cook by. Off-Grid.net is trying to send solar panels and batteries to Gaza but there are many obstacles.
Picking trash for fires
The Israeli army prevents batteries and solar panels from getting through, claiming the equipment has a military purpose. But this claim ignores the humanitarian emergency unfolding, and makes Israel’s IDF look as though they are deliberately imposing siege conditions on the Gaza population.
Hospitals are another place where Gazans can charge their phones and pick up water.
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