"Nearly all of the flimsy tents in Palestinian displacement camps have been rendered unusable due to the harsh winter conditions. A new storm is forecast to hit Gaza, adding further to the suffering of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in makeshift tents in displacement camps that are already unfit to withstand the harsh winter weather. Israel's more than two-year genocidal war has forced nearly all of Gaza's two million people from their homes to live in these temporary shelters."
"Last week, Gaza's Government Media Office reported that 127,000 of the 135,000 tents in displacement camps have been rendered unusable because of the recent extreme weather. The reality on the ground tells a very painful and grim story, said Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Gaza City on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of displaced families are still living in torn tents and roofless homes exposed to the rain and cold, and the freezing nights."
"This suffering is directly caused by Israeli restrictions, said Abu Azzoum, as Israel has not been allowing the entry of prefabricated mobile housing units and the building materials that are essential for winter protection or a free flow of desperately needed basic humanitarian aid. Under a United States-brokered ceasefire, which took effect on October 10, and which Israel has violated hundreds of times on a near-daily basis, aid deliveries were supposed to be significantly ramped up"
Nearly all tents in Gaza displacement camps are unusable after extreme winter weather, and a new storm threatens further damage. Gaza's Government Media Office reported 127,000 of 135,000 tents are unusable, leaving hundreds of thousands exposed to rain, cold and freezing nights in torn tents and roofless homes. Israel's two-year war has forced nearly all of Gaza's two million people from their homes into temporary shelters. Israel has blocked prefabricated mobile housing and essential building materials, and aid deliveries average only 145 trucks daily versus 600 planned. Displaced families are reinforcing tents with plastic sheets and burning scraps for heat.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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