This is our situation with the first low-pressure system in Gaza
Our tents were flooded, and the streets around us were filled with rainwater.
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Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem: A statement indicating that the silence of the Peace Council about the catastrophe that the Gaza Strip is going through constitutes participation in the crime and allows cover for the continuation of the genocide, siege and starvation.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem: ▪A statement indicating that the silence of the Peace Council about the catastrophe that the Gaza Strip is going through constitutes participation in the crime and allows cover for the continuation of the genocide, siege and starvation. ▪He called on the Arab and Islamic countries participating in the Peace Council not to be a cover for the occupation's policies in the Gaza Strip, and to take a firm and clear stance.
Young man injured by the explosion of an object left behind by the occupation near Street 10 south of Gaza City
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates: We call on the international community, the United Nations and its specialized agencies, and international humanitarian and relief organizations to take immediate and coordinated action to save citizens in the Gaza Strip from a humanitarian catastrophe with the arrival of winter, amid their difficult conditions caused by the Israeli war of extermination.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates: ▪We call on the international community, the United Nations and its specialized agencies, and international humanitarian and relief organizations to take immediate and coordinated action to save citizens in the Gaza Strip from a humanitarian catastrophe with the arrival of winter, amid their difficult conditions caused by the Israeli war of extermination. ▪We emphasize that the continuation of the genocide and the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has worsened the humanitarian catastrophe and prevented work on the early recovery of the Palestinian people there, after the first rains that fell during the past few hours revealed the scale of the catastrophe facing those forcibly displaced in the Gaza Strip. ▪Nearly two million citizens are facing harsh humanitarian conditions, distributed across about 270,000 tents and shelter sites in various governorates of the Strip, while estimates indicate that between 60% and 85% of the tents have become worn out and no longer fit for use after about three years of ongoing genocide and forced displacement. ▪More than 400,000 displaced people live in highly dangerous areas exposed to flooding, the accumulation of rainwater, or located along the seashore. ▪We stress the need to confront the worsening humanitarian and environmental catastrophe with the arrival of winter before it turns into a wider catastrophe that claims more lives, especially among children, the elderly, and the sick. ▪The risks are worsening due to the widespread destruction of infrastructure, especially sewage networks and rainwater drainage systems. ▪Children, the elderly, and the sick lack winter clothing, blankets, mattresses, and safe heating means amid power outages and fuel shortages, which makes exposure to cold and rain a direct threat to their lives. ▪We emphasize that what is required is no longer limited to issuing humanitarian appeals, but rather an immediate move to implement Security Council resolutions, including resolution 2720 and resolution 2803, and to implement practical and tangible measures in the face of the crimes of the Israeli occupation. ▪We demand immediate pressure on "Israel," the occupying power, to open all crossings and ensure the flow of humanitarian aid without restrictions or obstruction and in quantities commensurate with the enormous needs of our people, and to ensure its arrival to all areas of the Strip. ▪We call for the urgent entry of fuel and the necessary equipment to operate water and sewage pumps, remove rainwater and wastewater pools, and carry out emergency interventions to protect displacement camps and sites from flooding. ▪We stress the need to immediately secure winter shelter needs by bringing in temporary housing, tents resistant to rain and wind, plastic sheeting, water and thermal insulation, and materials and equipment to repair damaged and dilapidated homes, and to deliver winter clothing, blankets, mattresses, and safe heating means to those affected, especially children, infants, the elderly, and the sick, to prevent deaths due to the severe cold. ▪We call for the launch of an urgent health and preventive response that includes providing medicines, medical supplies, clean water, and disinfectants, strengthening health care services, combating diseases and epidemics associated with water pollution and the deterioration of environmental conditions, and mobilizing and bringing in the logistical and technical equipment necessary to support municipalities, competent authorities, and civil defense and relief teams, enabling them to carry out urgent interventions to protect civilians and displacement sites. ▪We stress that the international community, as states and institutions, possesses the tools and capabilities necessary to respond and pressure "Israel" to activate them without delay to ensure the arrival of aid and humanitarian supplies and not allow the continued deprivation of our people of the most basic necessities of life and protection.