In Gaza hospitals, power means 'life or death' amid severe shortages

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Gaza’s hospitals have been wracked by strikes, sieges and raids, but on a day-to-day basis, it is the Palestinian territory’s acute power shortages that pose an enduring risk to life-saving care.

“Power means life or death in hospitals,” said Hiba Tibi, country director for the occupied West Bank and Gaza at the international aid group Care.

At Kamal Adwan hospital’s maternity ward in northern Gaza, solar panels are the only thing keeping incubators running, five months into the gruelling war.

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