Coal production in the Gaza Strip (10 photos)

In order to survive in the Gaza Strip, people began to produce coal.
Let's see how the locals produced charcoal.



 
Hamouda Mahdi (Hamuda Mahdi), a Palestinian worker "factory" producing charcoal artisanal. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, March 27, 2013.

Since 2007, after the election victory of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Israel imposed an all-encompassing economic embargo on the territory. Restrictions concerned the supply of fuel, electricity, food. To survive in such difficult conditions in the Gaza Strip have been taken a number of measures. Great attention is paid to the collection of recyclable materials and its processing. For example, wood waste, wood pieces processed in a coal-fired housing and on which food is prepared.



Palestinian workers are placed in a pile of wood chocks on the local "factory" producing charcoal artisanal. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, February 25, 2013.

Palestinian worker closes the holes through which oxygen is supplied to the smoldering wood. Charcoal prepared from wood decomposing at a high temperature without access to oxygen (pyrolysis). In the neighborhood east of Gaza City, there are several "factories" that produce charcoal artisanal. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, March 2, 2013.



Palestinian workers are prepared to burn wood. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, February 25, 2013.



The Palestinian workers "dig up" the resulting charcoal. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, March 24, 2013.



Palestinian workers laid straw to set fire to a pile of wood with chocks. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, February 25, 2013.



Palestinian workers watching the smoldering wood. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, February 25, 2013.



Legs Palestinian labor "factory" producing charcoal artisanal. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, March 2, 2013.



Palestinian workers pour the resulting charcoal. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, March 24, 2013.



Palestinian worker fills bags with charcoal. The neighborhood east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, March 24, 2013.



Source: pixanews.com