Protection Center for Human Rights: We express our deep concern over the humanitarian repercussions resulting from the low-pressure system affecting the Gaza Strip
Protection Center for Human Rights:
▪We express our deep concern over the humanitarian repercussions resulting from the low-pressure system affecting the Gaza Strip, and the flooding of displaced persons' tents, damage to their property, and damage to parts of buildings that had previously been bombed, amid the lack of safe housing for hundreds of thousands of displaced people to protect them from rain, cold and wind.
▪What Gaza is witnessing is not just damage as a result of exceptional weather conditions, but reveals a catastrophic fragility in shelter conditions due to the widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure and the continued crisis in providing shelter and protection supplies.
▪The severity of the situation is compounded for children, women, the elderly and the sick, who face the risks of drowning and cold, in addition to the threat posed by the collapse of cracked buildings to the lives of residents.
▪We emphasize that the protection of civilians and the provision of adequate shelter and basic aid are humanitarian and legal obligations that may not be delayed, and that the continued restrictions on the entry of shelter and reconstruction materials exacerbate the suffering of residents and expose their lives to additional risks.
▪We call on the international community and the United Nations to urgently intervene to provide safe shelter centers, suitable tents, heating supplies and protection from rain.
▪We call on the Israeli authorities to lift the restrictions imposed on the entry of shelter and reconstruction materials and the equipment needed to repair infrastructure.
▪We call on humanitarian organizations to intensify their emergency interventions and give priority to the most affected families and vulnerable groups.
▪We demand that the relevant authorities assess the damaged buildings, evacuate sites that pose a danger to the lives of residents, and enhance the response to distress calls.
▪Displaced persons who lost their homes as a result of the war should not again face the risk of death under the rain or among the rubble of cracked buildings.
▪Providing protection and safe shelter is an urgent humanitarian necessity and a legal responsibility that requires international action commensurate with the scale of the disaster.
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