Gaza rubble turns into electrical energy via locally made turbines: "It helps us endure"

A report from Arab48 shows how a displaced person in Gaza turns the rubble of his destroyed home into wind turbines to generate electricity in the Mawasi Khan Younis camp, after the Israeli war destroyed more than 90% of the electricity network in the Strip according to the World Bank.

A report from the Arab48 website shows how displaced people in Gaza are turning the rubble of their destroyed homes into a source of electrical energy through locally made wind turbines. Kamal al-Dabari, nicknamed "Abu Ayman," a former engineering student, says the turbines "help us endure... until God lifts this cloud from us and we return to our homes and rest." Al-Dabari relies on scrap parts collected from the rubble in a camp for displaced people in Mawasi Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. He explains that when solar panel prices were relatively cheap, he bought one and made an iron base for it, but a single panel now costs at least 15,000 shekels, making most residents of the Strip unable to afford it. According to the World Bank, more than 90% of Gaza's electricity generation and distribution capacity was destroyed by April 2026, most of it destroyed in Israeli attacks targeting homes and infrastructure. The turbines can be seen spinning above a number of tents in the overcrowded Mawasi Khan Younis camp, including the tent of al-Dabari, displaced from Rafah.