Gazans suffer in summer heat amid electricity shortage

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Gazans suffer in summer heat amid electricity shortage

STORY: Gazans suffer in summer heat amid electricity shortage DATELINE: July 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yafa's children in their house 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): YAFA ABU MOUAWAD, Palestinian woman 3. various of children in their house 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMED ABU MOUAWAD, Yafa's son 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SALA ABU MOUAWAD, Yafa's daughter 6. various of children in their house STORYLINE: Amid scorching heat and electricity shortage, Yafa Abu Mouawad, a Palestinian woman living in the northern Gaza Strip, has no choice but to put her children in plastic containers full of water to cool them off. "Since the beginning of July, we have been suffering from long hours of power cuts," the 34-year-old mother of five complained to Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): YAFA ABU MOUAWAD, Palestinian woman "It is very hot and the temperature is insanely high and we have no electricity. What made matters worse is that we were forced to use smart meters in or

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