Both, Um Naif and her daughter-in-law, are sitting before the firing woods, while preparing lunch for their family members. There, in Jabalia Refugee Camp.
Amidst the smoke, which polluted the air around, Raghad, 5, is sitting before fire waving with a cardboard. The 60-year-old woman is covering her face with a cloth to alleviate the heat and to dismiss the dust.
A State of Defiance
The aged woman complained because of the continuation of the cooking gas crisis. Um Naif explained that she had to use primitive ways of cooking, and said that using woods during summer is exhausting. Still, it is far better than doing nothing, while my children are starving.
Limited Gas Amounts
Abu Wadi, father of three children, said that he gave his cooking gas container to the distributor to fill it a month ago, but in vain."
Cooking gas distributors face troubles because of the shortages. "I feel uncomfortable because I cannot afford my clients' needs of cooking gas," Abu Nour, 30, a cooking gas distributor, said.
Made-up Crisis
Mohammed al-Abadellah, chairman of the Petroleum Committee, stressed that the Gaza Strip needs 250 tons of cooking gas daily; Israel allows 150 tons only.
The crisis is invented, al-Abadellah said. It is programmed and scheduled, added he.
The crisis has been ongoing for 4 months, Abdul Nasser Mhanna, general director of the Petroleum Committee in Gaza. We demanded the Israelis to increase the hours of work in Karem Abu Salem border crossing, but Israel ref
