With electricity virtually cut off, their life support is powered by a generator with a variable current. In the West Bank, Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, rejected the result. The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah on the West Bank has refused to pay for medicines, which are now critically depleted even for those in most need. The immediate crisis in cancer care is exacerbated by the steep rise in cancer cases across Gaza, for which medical services were ill-equipped to start with. Meanwhile, in the neonatal unit, the light above a premature seven-month-old stops flashing, but this is not an electricity cut.

Source: The Guardian July 22, 2017 20:15 UTC