Shortages Worsen Under Israeli Embargo GAZA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 20: People wait while Palestinian workers fill gas canisters at a gas station on January 20, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Concerns have been raised that fuel shortages, resulting from an Israeli lockdown of the territory, could come to threaten the electricity supply to hospitals in Gaza, worsening the humanitarian situation.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

Shortages Worsen Under Israeli Embargo GAZA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 20: People wait while Palestinian workers fill gas canisters at a gas station on January 20, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Concerns have been raised that fuel shortages, resulting from an Israeli lockdown of the territory, could come to threaten the electricity supply to hospitals in Gaza, worsening the humanitarian situation.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

GAZA STRIP:Palestinian family living under darkness and setting the lantern and candles In Gaza City,Interruption of electricity to all cities as from the Gaza Strip tonight because of the depletion of fuel in all fuel stations and most of the stations were closed because of the lack of fuel inside was unable electricity distribution companies from the operation of the electric generator, 20 January 2008. The Israeli cabinet today decided to keep up a three-day-old lockdown of impoverished Gaza Strip in retaliation for rocket fire, despite warnings by aid groups that the move was punishing civilians.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

GAZA STRIP:Palestinian family living under darkness and setting the lantern and candles In Gaza City,Interruption of electricity to all cities as from the Gaza Strip tonight because of the depletion of fuel in all fuel stations and most of the stations were closed because of the lack of fuel inside was unable electricity distribution companies from the operation of the electric generator, 20 January 2008. The Israeli cabinet today decided to keep up a three-day-old lockdown of impoverished Gaza Strip in retaliation for rocket fire, despite warnings by aid groups that the move was punishing civilians.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

GAZA STRIP:Palestinian family living under darkness and setting the lantern and candles In Gaza City,Interruption of electricity to all cities as from the Gaza Strip tonight because of the depletion of fuel in all fuel stations and most of the stations were closed because of the lack of fuel inside was unable electricity distribution companies from the operation of the electric generator, 20 January 2008. The Israeli cabinet today decided to keep up a three-day-old lockdown of impoverished Gaza Strip in retaliation for rocket fire, despite warnings by aid groups that the move was punishing civilians.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

GAZA STRIP:Palestinian family living under darkness and setting the lantern and candles In Gaza City,Interruption of electricity to all cities as from the Gaza Strip tonight because of the depletion of fuel in all fuel stations and most of the stations were closed because of the lack of fuel inside was unable electricity distribution companies from the operation of the electric generator, 20 January 2008. The Israeli cabinet today decided to keep up a three-day-old lockdown of impoverished Gaza Strip in retaliation for rocket fire, despite warnings by aid groups that the move was punishing civilians.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

GAZA STRIP:Palestinian family living under darkness and setting the lantern and candles In Gaza City,Interruption of electricity to all cities as from the Gaza Strip tonight because of the depletion of fuel in all fuel stations and most of the stations were closed because of the lack of fuel inside was unable electricity distribution companies from the operation of the electric generator, 20 January 2008. The Israeli cabinet today decided to keep up a three-day-old lockdown of impoverished Gaza Strip in retaliation for rocket fire, despite warnings by aid groups that the move was punishing civilians.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

A Palestinian woman uses a lantern for light as she works in her kitchen after electricity was cut in the area of Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Gaza's only electrical plant announced it would shut down Sunday after an Israeli border closure blocked the entry of fuel that powers it, a move certain to make life more difficult for the 1.5 million residents of the already impoverished territory.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

Any Palestinian family sitting in their house after electricity was cut in the area of Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Gaza's only electrical plant announced it would shut down Sunday after an Israeli border closure blocked the entry of fuel that powers it, a move certain to make life more difficult for the 1.5 million residents of the already impoverished territory.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

Any Palestinian family sitting in their house after electricity was cut in the area of Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Gaza's only electrical plant announced it would shut down Sunday after an Israeli border closure blocked the entry of fuel that powers it, a move certain to make life more difficult for the 1.5 million residents of the already impoverished territory.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

Any Palestinian family sitting in their house after electricity was cut in the area of Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Gaza's only electrical plant announced it would shut down Sunday after an Israeli border closure blocked the entry of fuel that powers it, a move certain to make life more difficult for the 1.5 million residents of the already impoverished territory.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

Any Palestinian family sitting in their house after electricity was cut in the area of Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Gaza's only electrical plant announced it would shut down Sunday after an Israeli border closure blocked the entry of fuel that powers it, a move certain to make life more difficult for the 1.5 million residents of the already impoverished territory.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90