Can't find a PlayStation 5 console? There are supplies in … Gaza

It is surrounded on all sides, regularly bombed, and plagued by shortages of vital medicines. Yet in the lead-up to Christmas, the isolated Gaza Strip has – for once – ample supplies of something the rest of the world craves but can rarely find: a brand new PlayStation 5. Sony's flagship video game console is hot property this holiday season, although most people who have asked for one will be sorely disappointed on Christmas morning. A global supply-chain crisis twinned with a shortage of semiconductors – vital computer chips used in the console – has kept stock scarce. While secondhand, resold and stolen PS5's can be found, they are rare and often cost much more than the £359-£449 retail price tag. In downtown Gaza City, the price is also way above the official figure.