More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are now crammed into Rafah, on the southern fringe of the strip by the fence separating it from Egypt.
The Al-Attar household have connected their tent to the flank of a one-storey home, permitting Hussam to climb onto the roof and arrange his two followers, one above the opposite, to behave as tiny wind generators able to charging batteries.
He then linked the followers to wires travelling down by way of the home, and used switches, lightbulbs and a skinny piece of plywood extending out into the tent to create a bespoke lighting system for his household.
He stated his first two makes an attempt failed and it took him some time to develop the system till he received it to work on the third attempt.
“I began growing it additional, little by little, till I used to be capable of lengthen the wires by way of the room to the tent that we live in, in order that the tent can have gentle,” he stated.
“I used to be very joyful that I used to be capable of make this, as a result of I eased the struggling of my household, my mom, my sick father, and my brother’s younger kids, and everybody right here who’s affected by the circumstances that we stay in throughout this battle.”
