2023-11-15 02:09:00
Heavy rains in the Gaza Strip have raised concerns that the humanitarian situation will worsen further in the winter months. “Our accommodation is not suitable to live in in winter,” said Palestinian Hiba Saied, who fled with her family to a UN Palestinian Relief Agency refugee camp in the south. She lives in a makeshift tent in a very small space with her family of 30, including sons, daughters and grandchildren. “All of our clothing was soaked by rainwater,” said al-Saied, calling on the international community to help. “No one can endure such a catastrophic situation.”
On Tuesday there was the first major rainfall in the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7th. Videos on social media showed flooded streets and people trying to rebuild collapsed tents. A significant increase in rainfall is expected in the winter months, which often led to flooding in Gaza even before the war.
Many people left their homes without warm clothes and fled south with only the bare essentials.
AFP
“Winter means that we will suffer a lot because we also have no blankets,” says Palestinian Jenin Amed, who fled the city of Gaza to the south with her family a month ago. Her husband got completely wet during the rain but had nothing to wear instead. “We left our house in Gaza without money, clothes or food.”
According to the UN, almost 1.6 million of the approximately 2.2 million inhabitants of the coastal area are on the run as a result of the fighting between the Israeli military and the terrorist organization Hamas. (DPA)
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