Toxic Fumes: Gaza Under Siege

DESPERATE MEASURES

In a ruinous and seemingly post-apocalyptic landscape, we meet Tahseen Reehan and Mahmood Abu Wardeh burning plastic to produce synthetic fuel.

Fuel is scarce in the besieged Gaza Strip with the Israeli authorities tightly controlling its supply. With critical infrastructure destroyed by the war, people have turned to plastic-burning as a desperate means of survival.

But this practice carries a heavy cost. Burning plastic releases toxic pollutants that endanger human health and the environment, while also emitting greenhouse gases that accelerate climate change. Because plastic is derived from fossil fuels, its combustion not only worsens global warming but also deepens the local environmental and public health crises.

Israel’s blockade on Gaza – restricting the delivery of food, fuel and medical aid - has forced Palestinians into increasingly unsustainable and hazardous ways of living.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61xMSiuzYW8&t=1s

Director: Mohammed Sawwaf

Country: Palestinian Territory