Of the many means of collective punishment used by Israel against Gaza’s more than 2 million people, the fuel blockade is one of the most devastating yet least understood. I write these words as a municipal engineer in Gaza and as someone living through the genocide and seeing its impact first-hand. Fuel is the invisible force that keeps life running in Gaza – especially after Israel cut off the supply of electricity in October 2023. Without it, water is not pumped. Sewage is not treated. Bread