Mohammed al-Masri cools off his family horse near the ruins their house, which was destroyed in the last summer's Israel-Hamas war, in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, where the high temperature was 36 degrees Celsius. In Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, July 30, 2015 where the temperature reached 36 degrees Celsius. Chronic electricity and water cuts in conflict-ridden countries make heat waves like the present one even more unbearable.