Power cuts melt Gaza's ice cream stocks as heatwave boosts demand

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A shortfall in electricity supply means residents have only around 11 hours of power a day. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GAZA - Lengthy power cuts in the Gaza Strip have melted stocks of ice cream, forcing shops to stop selling it just when a heatwave has boosted demand.

But owners of several groceries said they had to stop selling it even as a particularly hot summer has increased demand. Gaza would normally require around 500 megawatts of power per day during the summer months of June, July and August, local officials said. It receives 120 megawatts from Israel while the enclave's single power plant supplies another 60 megawatts.

 

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