US EditionHeavy Rains in Gaza Worsen Already Dire Conditions
Over 13,000 families in Gaza face freezing temperatures and flooding as Israeli restrictions block entry of tents and mobile homes during ongoing ceasefire, UNRWA said.
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The arrival of the first winter rains in the Gaza Strip has become a new source of anguish for the Gazan population. After two years of Israeli offensive, the majority of the two million residents are displaced in precarious tents vulnerable to the inclement weather. Now, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) number 13,000 families “affected” by precipitations that fell sharply on Friday morning and which …
Gaza’s Stranglehold: Israel blocks aid, backtracks on humanitarian pledge
A recent report by French newspaper Le Monde exposes a stark paradox in Gaza. Notwithstanding the ceasefire agreement and Israel’s pledge to permit humanitarian aid, the entry of desperately needed items is being blocked. Toothless humanitarian agreement Palestinians find themselves trapped between unfulfilled promises and a punishing reality. The west touts the ceasefire as its crowing achievement, oblivious to the conditions of the ground. The…
Heavy rains in Gaza worsen already dire conditions
Heavy rains lashed Gaza over the weekend, worsening already bleak conditions for the territory’s residents as temperatures drop. Despite a ceasefire agreed last month, aid organizations say Israel is still limiting the supply of critical goods needed to alleviate a humanitarian catastrophe resulting from the two-year war in the enclave. Tents — erected because some 200,000 structures were destroyed during the conflict — have flooded, just as win…
Shelters plea for Gazans as winter rains raise fears of more disease and death
Aid agencies have reiterated calls for Israel to allow more tents and urgently needed supplies into Gaza after the first heavy winter rainfall, saying more than a quarter of a million families need emergency help with shelters.
UNRWA: Gaza faces winter without shelter; We need green light to deliver aid
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated on Monday that winter has arrived in the Gaza Strip, leaving displaced people exposed and without protection amidst the devastation after heavy rains destroyed what little shelter they had left. UNRWA reiterated, in a post on its social media platform monitored by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), that it has shelter supplies ready in its warehouses in Jordan and Egypt…
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