"Some of the exhaust smell — burning jet fuel — makes it into the cabin," adds Maaz. After turning on the main engines, the APU shuts down, causing the smell to cease and quickly dissipate.
Other Palestinians, like 53-year-old driver Farid Gomaa, head to Beit Lahia in the northern part of the strip to get some of the fuel produced by burning plastic, braving clashes between Hamas ...