Palestinian infants at Al-Nasser hospital in Gaza City

Palestinian infants receive treatment on 20th of February 2012 at the pediatrics ward of Al-Nasser hospital in Gaza City, The Hospitals are feeling the effects of fuel shortage due to the crisis in Egypt and an Israel blockade. which has been suffering from heavy power cuts after the impoverished territory's sole power plant, that supplies around a third of Gaza's electricity, ground to a halt earlier this week when it ran out of diesel. Hospitals use generators to provide a continuous supply of electricity during daily power cuts which a health ministry spokesman said were endangering the lives of patients, especially those needing dialysis and cardiac support or those in intensive care.