Over the past year, Gaza’s infrastructure has been subjected to a devastating reality.What once functioned under strain has been pushed beyond the point of collapse. Electricity networks, water systems, hospitals, roads and municipal services have been systematically destroyed or severely damaged, leaving daily life defined by survival.It is not unusual for families to plan their days around the sound of generators, if fuel is available at all. Parents and children queue for hours for a few litres of unsafe water or a pack of bread.Hospitals operate in near darkness, doctors performing life-saving procedures using mobile phones for light. Streets that once carried children to school are reduced to rubble.Gaza’s reality is always harshLife in Gaza was never easy, even during the moments the outside world labelled as “normal”.For most people, life was lived with constant uncertainty. You learned not to plan too far ahead, because calm was fragile, always temporary.There were days with electricity, when the streets felt quieter, and families allowed themselves a small sense of relief, but everyone knew it could disappear at any time.Gaza’s infrastructure mirrors that. It was fragile long before the latest devastation of Israel’s genocidal war.Decades of illegal Israeli blockade, repeated military assaults and tight restrictions on construction materials meant systems were always patched up, always operating …
