While thanking the EU for such support over the past few years, and its support for the Palestinian people generally, Al-Khodari stressed the need to resume payments so that Gaza’s electricity supply can be maintained, even at a reduced level. Most families in Gaza have no electricity for up to eight hours a day, affecting heating, cooking and lighting. Some areas go without for even longer periods. Such cuts to the electricity supply have a significant impact on water supplies, sanitation and health care. According to Al-Khodari, “This crisis is aggravated daily, and could lead very quickly to the deterioration of many basic services that are usually taken for granted in normal times.”