Gaza residents struggle to keep warm in cold weather – in pictures

People queue to refill empty cooking gas canisters, as brutal storm causes power outages

Palestinian refugees warm themselves by a fire outside their family house during cold weather in the north Gaza Strip, 27 January 2022. Most Palestinians in the Gaza Strip use batteries, generators, or candles, to light their homes. Residents of Gaza, home to 1. 8 million people, experience some 16 electricity outages per day, according to reports. The Gaza power Generating Company plant usually operates only eight hours a day. EPA / MOHAMMED SABER

Freezing weather has hit the Palestinian territories. AP Photo

The brutal winter has left many struggling to survive. AP Photo

A street vendor covers himself with a blanket as he waits for customers in Jebaliya refugee camp. AP Photo

Palestinians wait to refill empty cooking gas canisters. EPA

Palestinian youths stand by the shore in Gaza city, as clouds form overhead. AFP

A horse stands in wet and windy weather. EPA

A Palestinian refugee girl, wrapped up in warm clothes, plays outside her family home in Beit Lahiya. EPA

A Palestinian women stands in the doorway of her house in a slum in Gaza city. AP Photo

A man walks towards the Khaledi Mosque, as the sea batters the shore. AFP

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