Gaza still faces electricity crisis despite reconciliation

Many Palestinians in Gaza were hopeful that life conditions would improve after a reconciliation agreement between rival groups Hamas, Gaza’s rulers, and Fatah, which governs over the West Bank.

But electricity in Gaza is still being rationed to four hours per day, three weeks after the deal. It had originally been cut on the orders of the Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas to force Hamas to the negotiating table. The Palestinian Authority says the electricity supply will improve but are yet to say when, bringing normal life to a standstill.

Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Gaza.