Posted on 12/13/2023 7:51:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Rafah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Cold winter rains lashed war-battered Gaza on Wednesday, compounding the suffering of Palestinians forced from their homes and now huddling in flooded tents.
Aziza al-Shabrawi tried in vain to get the rainwater out of her family's tent, pointing to her two children living in such precarious conditions.
"My son is sick because of the bitter cold and my daughter is barefoot. It's like we're beggars," said the 38-year-old. "No one cares, and no one helps."
Rafah has become a vast camp for the displaced beside the Egyptian border, with hundreds of tents erected using wood and plastic sheets.
"We spent five days outdoors. And now the rain has flooded the tents," said another displaced resident, Bilal al-Qassas.
Gusts of wind shook the fragile structures, while people tried to reinforce them with more plastic sheeting.
"Where do we migrate to? Our dignity is gone. Where do women relieve themselves? There are no bathrooms," said 41-year-old Qassas.
"We've started to long for martyrdom. We don't want to eat or drink."
They are in "desperate need of food, water, shelter, health, and protection," the UN's OCHA said in a statement.
"Without enough latrines, open-air defecation is prevalent, increasing concerns of further spread of disease, particularly during rains and related flooding."
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98% support of Hamas?
I find it impossible to care about their suffering.
Solution: Get rid of Hamas.
Sacre Bleu! Whatever shall they do? Maybe it’ll snow.
Go south, your fellow Muslims the Egyptians will provide all your needs. /s
I can’t be disappointed at reading this.
Gaza chose poorly.
And if recent news stories are correct, the residents of that area still stand with Hamas.
They don’t appear to be learning the errors of their ways.
My heart pumps peanut butter for them.
Tough sh**. This is what you get when you support terrorists.
Boo-fucking-hoo!
Bim, Bam, Zim, Zam, Who the Hell Gives a Damn!
Why are not people screaming at Egypt to stop enforcing its borders to let millioms of fellow muslims in?
Uh, why isn’t ham-ass helping them out? Aren’t they mostly a support system for the downtrodden? You know, like the salvation army. I see one of them wants to be a martyr as well.
Hey, Gazan idiots: you voted the Ham-Ass murderers into office; now you suffer, live & die by that action! Zero sympathy.
Poetic justice to be have a problem of too much rain — after attacking Israel chanting from the river to the sea. LOL
Maybe they shouldn’t have started a WAR.
Live in Peace but War has consequences
Stop the war, it’s raining! Aieeeee!
Israeli children won’t be bothered by the rain because they are still dead.
terrorists and their supporters/enablers/aid-ers/abetters/financiers/
all can (and will) Go To Jahannam (Moslem Hell, complete with eternal flames and NO free 72 virgins)
Cry me a river!
Many Israelis are not “suffering” from the winter rain . . . since, thanks to Hamas, they are dead!
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