Heat and power cuts force Gazans onto polluted beaches


  • World
  • Monday, 16 Jul 2018

Palestinians walk past a pool of sewage on a beach in the northern Gaza Strip July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

GAZA (Reuters) - Maher Taha, his wife and six children sit enjoying the breeze on beach in Gaza, doing their best to ignore the rubbish and raw sewage floating a few yards off shore.

The water is polluted and the smell is unpleasant but they need a break from the oppressive heat at home - and there are few other options for a family on their budget with a power supply that only works four hours a day.

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