In early April, Islam Dukhan, 32, was burning wood in a rudimentary stove he had built out of clay and scrap metal near his house in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city. He had got the wood by chopping down a tree near his home. It was, he said, necessary to be able to cook for his two young children and his pregnant wife Shireen. Shortly after 7 October, Israel prohibited the entry of cooking gas into Gaza. Limited supplies are now being allowed in, but at just 30 percent of the daily average from