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people in the gaza strip are suffering from lack of food and clothing and a shortage of supplies, with fuel shortage being a particularly prominent problem.some palestinians have resorted to collecting plastic from the rubble and refining it to produce much-needed fuel.

mahmoud muslim is 35 years old and previously worked in cement factories and the building materials industry. the outbreak of a new round of israeli-palestinian conflict caused muslim to lose his original job and home. after a period of displacement, muslim came to beit lahia in the northern gaza strip. in order to feed his family, muslim and his co-workers picked up plastic products from the ruins and rubble, refined them into fuel and sold them. in fact, muslim's refining process is full of dangers, such as the possible israeli bombing at any time, the team's lack of professional protective equipment, and the crumbling buildings around them.

displaced person mahmoud muslim: this item should be shredded so that it will be easier (to extract fuel). due to the lack of electricity, we have to do everything manually. we collect these items from the streets and the rubble of collapsed buildings and then sort them according to the treatment method. as for the rubble we are living in now, we are in the border area, which means there are different risks. one is (israeli) bombing, the second is burns, and the third is disease. these risks are definitely there.

according to a member of muslim's team, he starts picking up plastic products at 6 a.m. every day and only rests after sunset at 7 p.m.the team collects about 50 to 60 liters of fuel from plastic waste every day. goma, a driver who came to buy fuel, said that the journey to buy fuel here is long and dangerous.

driver goma: everything is destroyed, including the gas station. everything is gone. we risked our lives to get here. it took us a long time to get a liter of fuel. even if there are other places to refuel, it is cheaper here than those places. we have to work to feed our children. i really hope that this conflict will end soon.

(cctv news client)