Palestinian displaced in Muwasi camp suffer harsh conditions

(7 May 2024)
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Muwasi camp, Gaza Strip - 07 May 2024
1. Various of displaced people sitting near luggage in the street
2. Men setting up tent
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasser Balaawi, displaced person:
“I did not find anything. Here I am on the street. I did not find a place or anything. All I have is God’s mercy. “
4. Children sitting on their family luggage
5. Men standing near their luggage
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taghreed Balaawi, displaced person:
“We received a threat as they ordered us to leave the place. We left even though we did not want to leave our homes. Where are we going to go. As you can see, people don’t know what to do. It is humiliation. It is humiliation when people leave their homes. We didn’t want to leave but what can we do.”
7. People setting up tent
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Balaawi, displaced person:
“We are here setting up a tent for nearly 70 people. They threatened us and dropped leaflets and as you can see we are preparing this tent to cover ourselves. All we want is to cover ourselves and regarding means of living, there are no toilets or running water or anything. All we want is to cover ourselves.”
9. Various of people setting up tent
10. Family organizing their luggage
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalil Ahmad, displaced person:
“They said we have to leave so we came here where there is nothing, no toilets or tents and my family is made up of 20 persons. Where can we go, where can we eat. Our life is miserable.”
12. People carrying their luggage and putting it in the tent
13. Various of family sitting near luggage inside tent
14. Displaced family sitting on the street side with their luggage
15. Various of vehicles loaded with items moving to Muwasi
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hani al-Hams, displaced person:
“The bombardment started early so at about six o’clock we left. We came here and we are now thrown in the street. We are six families and we don’t have a tent, nor drinking water nor food. Now are are on the asphalt. We fled from death and it seems the children will die here on the street because of the cars. We don’t know what to do.”
17. Various of children filling their containers with water
18. Various of displaced family standing near the tents, smoke rising after Israeli airstrike
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people who fled eastern parts of the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip to the relatively safe area of Muwasi further north are suffering harsh conditions and a lack of services.

The displaced are complaining that there are no tents to stay in and the area lacks food, drinking water and services, making the life of many harsh after they fled their homes following a call by the Israeli military to evacuate eastern parts of Rafah, along the border with Egypt.

The move north came as Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city as talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge.

The U.N. warned of a potential collapse of the flow of aid to Palestinians from the closure of Rafah and the other main crossing into Gaza, Kerem Shalom, at a time when officials say northern Gaza is experiencing “full-blown famine.”

The Israeli foray overnight came after hours of whiplash in the now 7-month-old Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group saying Monday it accepted a cease-fire proposal that Israel insisted fell short of its own core demands.





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