Gaza by night
For Gaza’s 1.8 million residents, shortages and power blackouts are part of daily life.
Run by Islamist group Hamas, the impoverished enclave lacks much basic infrastructure and lives under a blockade from Israel and Egypt, meaning that its residents can find themselves getting by with meagre sources of light at night. Reuters photographers documented life after dark in the embattled territory.
Hamas militants march in the semi-darkness during a training exercise in Gaza.
Children sit in the back of a car during a power cut in the northern Gaza Strip.
A man warms himself by a fire inside his house at the Shati refugee camp.
A family sits around a fire outside their house during a power cut in the northern Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian girl lights a candle inside her home in Jabalya.
Members of a family warm themselves around a fire during a power outage.
A woman does the washing up in her kitchen during a power cut in Khan Younis.
A Palestinian man lights a fire at his makeshift shelter.
Palestinian boys play around a fire on a street during a power cut in the northern Gaza Strip.
Palestinian children light candles during a protest against power cuts and the blockade on Gaza.
A Palestinian vendor sells corn on a beach by the glow of an electric light.
