\n<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s more than two-year genocidal war has forced nearly all of Gaza\u2019s two million people from their homes to live in makeshift tents in displacement camps.<\/p>\n
Added to their suffering is the prospect of harsh winter storms and flooding that might see even these temporary shelters, which are unable to withstand harsh conditions, disappear.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Gaza has already been subjected to worsening weather conditions.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the past 24 hours, we\u2019ve seen strong wind, heavy rainfall and plummeting temperatures here, turning many of the displacement areas here into pools of muddy water,\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have areas that have been completely submerged by water, areas that were flooded by the heavy rainfall that was mixed with sewage water as well, making it very dangerous for people here.\u201d<\/p>\n These conditions have reduced whole families to scooping muddy water from their tents using only buckets and holding down their tents using other rudimentary tools such as rocks and blocks, in the hopes of protecting the few belongings they have left.<\/p>\n \u201cAll the tents are destroyed. Our tents are just made of fabric. Our children are drowning. There\u2019s nothing for us to wear, no clothes to put on,\u201d Assmaa Fayad, a displaced Palestinian, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) last week said the downpours have damaged at least 13,000 tents.<\/p>\n \u201cMany of these displacement sites are pitched in open areas or the ruins of many of the destroyed buildings here [in Gaza],\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Mahmoud.<\/p>\n The problem with these buildings is that \u201cthey\u2019re cracked in the walls \u2026 in the ceilings\u201d, which also makes the living conditions in these buildings difficult, said Mahmoud.<\/p>\n Under a United States-brokered ceasefire, which took effect on October 10, and which Israel has violated hundreds of times, aid deliveries were supposed to be significantly ramped up, with at least 600 trucks a day due to enter Gaza to fulfil the population\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n However, Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office has said only an average of 145 trucks have been entering Gaza since the ceasefire.<\/p>\n The UNHCR said in a post on social media that \u201cthousands of internally displaced people in the Gaza Strip are struggling to find safe shelter in preparation for the coming cold weather\u201d. \u201cMore shelter materials are still needed,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n Aid organisations say that at least 300,000 mobile homes and tents are needed to house displaced people.<\/p>\n The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said that more than 79,000 displaced people are living in 85 UNRWA-run shelters in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement issued a statement, condemning the lack of supplies to help Palestinians as winter approaches.<\/p>\n \u201cThe suffering of our people in Gaza, especially the displaced, has worsened amid the cold and rainy weather. The flooding of the displaced persons\u2019 tents is a direct result of the Zionist [Israeli] siege policy and the prevention of the entry of basic necessities, all while the world remains silent\u201d.<\/p>\n The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement also called on the international community to \u201ctake immediate action and pressure the Zionist enemy to open the crossings and allow the entry of aid and essential supplies\u201d.<\/p>\n Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem wrote a message on Telegram: \u201cAll the world\u2019s efforts to alleviate the disaster have failed because of the Israeli siege.\u201d<\/p>\n The sunny and dry weather conditions on Wednesday provide little relief, said Al Jazeera\u2019s Mahmoud, as \u201ca lot of people worry that by the evening, winds will pick up again\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Israel\u2019s more than two-year genocidal war has forced nearly all of Gaza\u2019s two million people from their homes to live in makeshift tents in displacement camps. Added to their suffering is the prospect of harsh winter storms and flooding that might see even these temporary shelters, which are unable to withstand harsh conditions, disappear. Recommended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
Thousands of tents damaged<\/h2>\n
\u2018Siege policy\u2019<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"