Life without refrigerators: Gaza residents fight heat and food spoilage
Gaza families endure scorching summers without refrigerators, struggling to preserve food, medicine and basics.
![Malak Al-Zaanin struggles to store her family’s daily meal inside their tent due to the lack of electricity and refrigeration. [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/873A7920-copy-1784893004.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Gaza families endure scorching summers without refrigerators, struggling to preserve food, medicine and basics.
![Malak Al-Zaanin struggles to store her family’s daily meal inside their tent due to the lack of electricity and refrigeration. [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/873A7920-copy-1784893004.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



![Ahmed Nagi, who is in his 50s, can barely walk without a cane and cannot access the medical care he needs [Nasser al-Sakkaf/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/8-1783167324.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



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