Gaza camp uses homemade wind turbines for power

Homemade wind turbines made from scrap metal and salvaged debris are bringing limited electricity to Palestinians in a displacement camp in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

Kamal Al-Dabary, a former engineering student displaced by the fighting between Israel and Hamas, builds the turbines from scooter motors, old water tanks cut into blades and electrical parts recovered from destroyed homes.

As the wind turns the blades, the system generates power that is stored in batteries. The output is modest, but residents say it can charge phones and run lights, fans, electric razors and some medical equipment.

Dabary said solar panels had become unaffordable for many people in Gaza, with a single panel costing at least 15,000 shekels, nearly $5,000.

The World Bank says more than 90 percent of Gaza's power generation and distribution capacity had been destroyed by April 2026, much of it in Israeli strikes. Nearly all Gaza residents have been displaced at least once during the war, and many remain in tents and shelters.