Gaza Civil Defense: Since the beginning of the low-pressure system, we have received more than 1500 distress calls from citizens whose tents and shelter centers were damaged in all governorates of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Civil Defense:
▪Since the beginning of the low-pressure system, we have received more than 1500 distress calls from citizens whose tents and shelter centers were damaged in all governorates of the Gaza Strip.
▪We have recorded entire camps flooding in all areas and cities of the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
▪Displaced citizens with their children and women are now drowning, and the rain is washing away their tents despite the many humanitarian appeals and calls we launched to save them before we saw these tragic scenes in the camps.
▪Civil Defense alone cannot confront the repercussions of this low-pressure system in light of the scale of the disaster, the lack of capabilities, and the equipment for pumping water from the areas where rainwater accumulates. Rather, responsibility requires the solidarity of all local and international institutions, and the provision of urgent support in the form of equipment, machinery, fuel, and relief materials.
▪Today’s priority is protecting the lives of citizens, especially children, women, the elderly, and the sick, and preventing the low-pressure system from turning into a new humanitarian disaster added to the suffering of our people in the Gaza Strip.
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