Israel's halting electricity supply to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has further worsened the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, pushing the region's infrastructure to the brink of collapse and placing immense strain on the water supply and operation of healthcare systems. At present, local residents can only rely on shops equipped with solar panels to pay for charging their batteries and obtain limited electricity. The lack of fuel has also disrupted the operation of wells and desalination plants, leaving 90 percent of Gaza's residents without sustainable access to clean drinking water. Across Gaza, families now ration every drop. Desalination facilities, operating at less than 20 percent of the usual capacity, strain under fuel shortages and erratic power supply. A seawater desalination plant located west of Gaza City is now producing only 20 percent of its freshwater output due to insufficient electricity supply. In the Gaza Strip, medical facilities are among the most affected during the electricity crisis. Sheikh Radwan Clinic is one of the medical facilities in northern Gaza that is struggling to maintain operations. However, it can only operate for five hours a day due to the power shortage. Shotlist: Gaza Strip - March 16, 2025: 1. Various of local resident going to shops equipped with solar panels to charge battery; 2. Various of solar panels, batteries; 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Al-Zant, citizen (partially overlaid with shot 4): "Every day, I have to go to recharge the battery and pay five shekels (around 1.37 U.S. dollars) each time. But for the past week, I haven't been able to charge the battery at all, to the point where I've thought about selling the battery because I'm very desperate. Life is considered truly life only when there is electricity. When the house is in complete darkness, I can't stand being there at all. Without any [electrical] equipment, we just fall asleep like that. And when we wake up, we continue to ponder when this situation will end and when life will return to normal. But the reality is that nothing has changed after we returned from southern Gaza. Everything remains stagnant."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 4. Solar panel; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 5. Various of local residents going to obtain fresh water; 6. Various of desalination facilities; 7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Al-Zahar, desalination plant engineer (partially overlaid with shot 8): "In the coming days, due to the lack of fuel, this place will no longer be able to operate 24 hours a day as it did in the past, and working hours will be significantly reduced. This crisis has led to a severe shortage of water resources, especially in the northern region. Because water needs to be transported by trucks, a shortage of diesel will result in these transport vehicles being unable to operate."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 8. Desalination facilities; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 9. Various of desalination facilities; 10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Musa al-Rantisi, director of Sheikh Radwan Clinic (ending with shot 11): "During the Israeli military incursion into the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, the clinic's main generator was completely paralyzed by Israeli tanks' shelling, causing the clinic to cease operations. We suffered severe losses, not only losing the generator but also having all the solar panels destroyed. Later, we acquired a new generator through a donation. However, we are facing a shortage of diesel now."; 11. Various of destroyed generator. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]