Scorching heat worsens suffering in Gaza's displacement camps

Scorching heat worsens suffering in Gaza’s displacement camps

Scorching heat worsens suffering in Gaza's displacement camps

Gazans flee scorching tents for a polluted sea

GAZA CITY – Residents of the Gaza Strip have been flocking ​from suffocating tents to the territory’s polluted Mediterranean shore to bathe and wash their clothes, as ‌summer temperatures rise and fresh water remains hard to come by.Nearly all Gaza’s population was displaced during two years of war between Israel and Hamas, with Gazans now [] The post Gazans flee scorching tents for a polluted sea appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

Summer heat worsens Gaza suffering

As extreme summer heat grips Gaza, more than 1.7 million displaced Palestinians are struggling to survive in overcrowded tents with little access to water, ventilation or relief. For many families, the sea offers a brief escape, but worsening hardship and illness continue to take a heavy toll. TRT World’s Ashraf Shannon reports from Gaza.

Palestinians trade tents for polluted sea to flee heat

Residents of the Gaza Strip are fleeing suffocating tents to bathe in the polluted Mediterranean Sea amid rising summer heat and scarce fresh water. Despite being contaminated with sewage due to destroyed infrastructure, the sea remains the only relief for displaced Gazans. #cnn, #news

Palestinian injured by Israeli fire in Jerusalem camp, 13 detained during raids

Palestinian injured by Israeli fire in Jerusalem camp, 13 detained during raids Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian youth and detained two others during a raid early Sunday on the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, WAFA reported. Eleven other Palestinians were detained during raids across Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Citing Jerusalem Governorate, WAFA said the injured youth was shifted to the hospital for treatment. The forces also interrogated several young Palestinians after detaining them temporarily, while raiding multiple homes, ransacking their contents and causing damage as part of a large-scale search campaign in the camp, the report said. WAFA reported that Israeli military vehicles stormed the village of Madama, south of Nablus, closed all of its entrances, and prevented residents from entering or leaving the village.