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Gaza Appliance Repairman Sees Surge in Business Amidst Extreme Heat

GAZA, July 30 (Reuters) – While soaring temperatures across the Middle East are causing discomfort for many, Gaza electrical appliance repairman Mustafa Abdou is enjoying a boom in business amid surging demand for electric fans.

Unprecedented Heatwave Increases Demand for Fan Repairs

“I have been in the business for 40 years, it has never been so hot,” said the 70-year-old, sitting in the middle of piles of broken fans and other electric appliances inside his small shop in Gaza Beach refugee camp.

Temperatures have risen above 38 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Gaza and frequent power cuts have pushed more and more people to adapt their fans to work by battery. There is constant demand for maintenance work as well.

“I used to repair a few fans but as the heatwave soars the demand on fans increased and I am repairing more, I am doing more repairs because the heatwave is unprecedented,” said Abdou, who mainly serves people living in the camp but some customers from elsewhere as well.

Power Shortages Aggravated by Heatwave

Despite being surrounded by fans, he was sweating as he spoke because his own fan couldn’t work due to a power cut.

More than 2.3 million people live in the Gaza Strip, the narrow strip of land squeezed between Egypt and Israel.

According to local officials, the area needs around 500 megawatts of power per day in summer. It receives 120 megawatts from Israel while the enclave’s lone power plant supplies another 60 megawatts.

Reporting by Nidal Almughrabi; Editing by Susan Fenton

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