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IRIN Middle East:: OPT: Blame game defers solution to Gaza's energy crisis

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2 May 2012

GAZA CITY, 2 May 2012 (IRIN) - From factories to the fishing industry, the Gaza Strip economy is being affected by more than two months of fuel shortages and power outages, taking a toll on the livelihoods of its 1.
6 million inhabitants.


To make a living on the sea, Madlene Kollab needs 20 litres of fuel each day.
Unable to afford that, the Gaza Strip's only fisherwoman has seen her catch halve to just 1.
5 kilos per day.
'I [began] fishing with my father when I was six years old, but without fuel I can hardly survive.
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