The situation of displaced Palestinians in Gaza has worsened due to winter rains. Israel-Palestine conflict news
In the second year of the Israeli massacre in Gaza, the season has added an extra element of suffering for thousands of Palestinians forcibly displaced, often multiple times, while efforts to agree a ceasefire go nowhere.
According to doctors, Juma al-Bataran, who was just 20 days old, died of hypothermia, one of six Palestinian infants to die from exposure and cold in Gaza in recent days – their deaths in front of vulnerable families. Underlines the seriousness of the situation.
International aid agencies say Israeli forces are hindering aid deliveries, making the humanitarian crisis worse.
“Since I’m an adult, I can take it and tolerate it, but what did the young man do to deserve this?” said Juma’s mother, Noura al-Batran. “He couldn’t bear it, he couldn’t bear the cold or the hunger and this despair.”
Dozens of tents, many of which are already torn from months of use, have been blown away or flooded by strong winds and rain, leaving families scrambling to repair damage, mend torn sheets of plastic and replace water. Struggling to pile sand to stop it.
According to Gaza officials, it is another aspect of the humanitarian crisis facing Gaza’s population of 2.3 million, which has grappled with relentless Israeli bombardment, which has killed more than 45,500 Palestinians and turned the enclave into a wasteland of debris. Has been given.
The UN relief agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, said on Sunday that aid was not enough and that a ceasefire was desperately needed given the threat of famine.
Earlier this month, Israeli and Hamas leaders expressed hope that talks brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States could lead to an agreement to stop the fighting. But optimistic talk of a deal before the end of the year has faded.
