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Power Outages Send Gaza Children To Study on Streets

Palestinian schoolchildren are using streetlights to do their homework as Gaza's electricity crisis continues.
Palestinian boys study inside a tent outside their destroyed classroom at al-Arkam school in Gaza October 1,2005. Their school in Gaza was destroyed by missiles from an Israeli warplane last Sunday. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem PP05100031 - RTR18ICS
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GAZA CITY — The only refuge Asaad Jabouri, 12, found for doing his homework is under a light post on Market Street in the al-Nuseirat Camp in central Gaza Strip. He came here fleeing the electricity cuts in his neighborhood, about 200 meters from the street.

Jabouri, a sixth-grade student, spread out his books on the sidewalk while vehicles rushed by. He was hurrying to finish his homework and avoid getting home late. After finishing his work, Jabouri took a deep breath and raised his head while still stretched out on the ground.

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