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Strong winds, rain and winter increase the suffering of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, with thousands of families living in dilapidated tents after the destruction of their homes in Israel’s shelling of the coastal pocket.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza since the start of the shooting last month, stopping Israel’s 15 -month attack on the region. But most people found that their homes were destroyed or severely damaged.
Families have since struggled to find shelter among hills of debris and destruction through the besieged pocket.
A spokesman for the municipality of Gaza City in the city of Al -Jazeera said that the city did not have sufficient resources to help the displaced in the storm, adding that wastewater and rain water entered hundreds of tents and shelters.
Speaking to the island from a temporary camp in the courtyard of a school in Gaza City, Mahmoud Rayyad Khalil Al -Fayoumi said he was living in a tent alongside three other families.
“The blankets are very wet,” Al -Fayoumi said, explaining that he sent his two -month -old child and his brother, who is suffering from a spinal cord injury, to stay with other people due to the harsh weather conditions.
“We don’t know what to do. We don’t know where to go. This is our situation here.”
Hani Mahmoud from an island island said that Hani Mahmoud from the island said that heavy rains and winds forced many Palestinians to leave a temporary camp in the western part of the city.
The basic supplies such as warm clothes are not widely available, which increases the bad situation.
Mahmoud said: “People here are not only lacking shelter, but also the basic supplies that provide them with some warmth and protection from these terrible weather conditions.”
There Last update On Wednesday, the United Nations Humanitarian Office (OCA) said that more than 500,000 people have returned to Gaza and Gaza reservations, “the need for food, water, tents and shelter materials in that region is still decisive.”
Despite the increase in delivery of humanitarian aid since the ceasefire on January 19, the assistance of the shelter was limited.
Earlier this week, the government media office in Gaza accused Israel of restricting the flow of aid and shelters to the region.
“Securing shelters has become an urgent human need that cannot be delayed. She said in a statement earlier this week:” It is the most urgent need at this moment. “
Tess Ingram, Director of Communications at the University of UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Rights Agency, said the Palestinians in Gaza are not equipped to endure cold weather because they lost a lot during the war.
Ingram told Al -Jazeera from Gaza City, the situation is especially dangerous for children.
She said: “For children in these circumstances, it is not only frightening to be abroad, exposed and cold, but it is also dangerous for their well -being.” “We have a number of children in Gaza died from low body temperature, and it is clear here when families meet that they have no need to protect them from this cold. Families lack warm clothes for their children. There are many children without shoes.”
The displaced Palestinians also continue to face harsh conditions in other parts of Gaza as well.
“We are now moving our property to a man who agreed to host us until the winter ends.”
“This is more difficult for us than displacement,” said Anwar Hillis, another Palestinian in Deir al -Lala. “We woke up at night and found our devastating tents because of the wind. Our clothes and food were full of sand.”
In southern Gaza, the Municipality of Rafah called for 40,000 additional tents and emergency shelter units for residents. The city still hosts thousands of displaced people whose homes have been destroyed in other areas.
The municipality also said that it does not contain enough heavy machines, which hinders the reopening of roads and cleansed rubble.
