By FARES AKRAM
Associated Press
GAZA CITY. Gaza Strip (AP). Virtually every Gaza Strip household relies on batteries to keep it running. This is a result of years-long power outages. Families use batteries to power everything from lights to internet routers, solar panels, and even their computers. Although this has helped to alleviate one crisis, it is causing another. Massive piles of old and used batteries are accumulating at outdoor dumps. Officials say that in a territory lacking the ability to safely dispose of them, these batteries could bring harm to public health and to Gaza’s fragile environment.