(29 Jun 2025)
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Rasheed Street, south of Gaza City – 22 June 2025
1. Various of makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic next to tents where displaced Palestinians try to make a living selling homemade fuel
2. Various of vehicles amidst black smoke
3. Mid of items
4. Various of Mohammed Najm preparing makeshift burner to extract fuel
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Najm, alternative fuel manufacturer:
"There is a demand because imported Israeli fuel is very expensive, and it is not beneficial for drivers when they transport a load and do not get enough to cover the price of a litre. So this diesel is cheap and acceptable for cars and is widely available."
6. Various of Najm preparing makeshift burner
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Najm, alternative fuel manufacturer:
"I stay here for 12 hours between smoke, fire and burning. It is completely risky, but I want a source of income to cover my expenses. If we do not produce, the vehicles will not work, transportation will not work and no generators will work."
8. Wide of makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic
9. People by makeshift burners
10. Various of people using water to cool off fuel extracted from melted plastic
11. Various of people testing fuel
12. Various of fuel being poured into jerrycan to be sold
13. Various of fuel being poured into bucket
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Najm, alternative fuel manufacturer:
"It is not beneficial for the driver when he wants to buy imported or Israeli fuel, and the cost of transportation will increase for people. So we resorted to this alternative to make things easier for people."
15. Various of bottle of fuel extracted from melted plastic
16. Various of makeshift burners
17. Various of Najm resting near makeshift burners
18. Various of makeshift burners, vehicles passing through black smoke
19. Various of bottles of fuel
20. Various of man siting next to bottles of fuel on display for sale
STORYLINE:
South of Gaza City, along the Sea Road that runs beside the Mediterranean, young Palestinians are producing fuel by melting plastic in makeshift burners.
With limited access to commercial fuel, they collect plastic waste, process it in metal drums to extract crude fuel, and then bottle and sell it to passers-by.
The work unfolds in the open air, where black smoke billows from the burners, blanketing the roadside.
The area is lined with small tents where the young people store materials and rest between shifts.
Horse-drawn carts and pedestrians regularly pass through the smoke-filled stretch, moving between northern and southern Gaza.
Most of those involved in the trade are displaced and have few other sources of income.
The fuel they produce is used locally, often for generators or transport, and sold at a lower price than commercial alternatives.
"There is a demand because imported Israeli fuel is very expensive, and it is not beneficial for drivers when they transport a load and do not get enough to cover the price of a litre," explained Mohammed Najm, one of the fuel manufacturers.
"This diesel is cheap and acceptable for cars and is widely available."
After blocking all food and other supplies for 2 1/2 months, Israel has allowed only a trickle of aid into the territory since mid-May.
The war has killed over 56,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
It says more than half of the dead were women and children. It said the dead include 6,089 killed since the end of the latest ceasefire.
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