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    Gaza Palestinians 'wake up to a world of struggles each day'

    by Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times Feb 11, 2018 5 minutes

    Deficit and desperation define life these days in the Gaza Strip. Residents make do with four hours of electricity a day. Most people don't have access to clean water because the supply system is contaminated with sewage. Breakfast for some schoolchildren is a cup of hot water flavored with a dash of salt.

    "Despair isn't even the right word to describe what's going on here because things are getting worse and worse," said Omar Ghraieb, a journalist and digital media manager who lives in Gaza. "We wake up to a world of struggles each day."

    For more than a decade, Palestinians living in Gaza have endured major escalations of violence and an air and sea blockade, imposed by Israel and Egypt, that has decimated the infrastructure, stifled economic growth and made living conditions so dismal that United Nations officials say a humanitarian disaster is unavoidable.

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