I did the job, I talked with the people, I collected the material but when I went to my office and sat down in front of my PC, there was no electricity.

I have done my best over the past three days to have my report done in due time. I rented a benzene power generator but as soon as I plugged in my PC, the screen went black.

I came home, switched on the generator once again, and my children happily insisted on seeing their favorite TV program. However, another failure occurred, this time with the satellite receiver.

I tried to appear cheerful in front of my children, the room illuminated by a kerosene lamp. I collected my children, my nephews and niece, who live in the same building, and in lieu of cartoons, I began singing some traditional Palestinian songs and others.

The children were happy, thank God, simply because I knew how to sing. But with so many other situations in Gaza, the solution is not so simple.

At Gaza City's largest hospital, al-Shifa, there is the infant care ward. They have incubation equipment but urgent care is crippled when there's severe power failure.

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