"We have been living in this tent for two years. Every time it rains and the tent collapses over our heads, we try to put up new pieces of wood."
"With how expensive everything has become, and without any income, we can barely afford clothes for our children or mattresses for them to sleep on."
"They don't have proper covers. It is freezing, the humidity is high, and water seeps in from everywhere. I don't know what to do."
Thousands of displaced people in Gaza live in makeshift tents amid cold, damp winter conditions after extensive war damage. Many families have occupied tents for about two years, with fathers bracing fraying shelters using old wood and inspecting torn tarps. Mothers struggle to dry clothing between downpours and pull children away from mildewed carpets. Barefoot children play on chilly sand while paths turn to puddles during rain. Health officials report dozens of deaths from hypothermia or weather-related collapses, including a two-week-old infant. Aid organizations call for more shelters and humanitarian access amid scarce safe buildings.
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