Government Media Office: Amid a catastrophic winter hitting the Gaza Strip, as we have repeatedly warned previously, and within 12 hours of the start of the first weather depression
Government Media Office:
▪Amid a catastrophic winter hitting the Gaza Strip, as we have repeatedly warned previously, and within 12 hours of the start of the first weather depression, estimates indicate the flooding of 70,000 tents sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people, in addition to the collapse of dozens of walls, which led to varying injuries, including serious injuries in the governorates of the Strip.
▪We also point to the possibility of the collapse of dozens of cracked buildings that are on the verge of collapse and exposed to the risk of collapse due to bombardment during the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip for three years.
▪According to preliminary estimates, the direct losses resulting from the start of the depression have reached about $3 million so far.
▪We hold the Israeli occupation responsible for these catastrophic repercussions as a result of its continued closure of the crossings and prevention of the entry of essential shelter and reconstruction materials that the population urgently needs.
▪We call on the international community and all UN and international organizations to intervene immediately and assume their humanitarian, legal, moral, and historical responsibilities to save the lives of the displaced and provide the means of resilience and protection for them.
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Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem: The catastrophic humanitarian scene in the Gaza Strip, and the suffering experienced by citizens as a result of hundreds of families drowning in their tents due to the tragic conditions
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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.