Egypt-Hamas standoff leads to Gaza power crisis A dispute between Egypt and Gaza’s Hamas government has produced the worst energy crisis here in years: Gazans are enduring 18-hour-a-day blackouts, fuel is running low for hospital backup generators, raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea for lack of treatment pumps and gas stations have shut down. http://articles.boston.com/2012-03-22/business/31225860_1_hamas-fuel-crisis-fuel-supplies