Displaced families living in a Khan Younis cemetery patch tents before winter
Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip — A WAFA video shows families covering worn tents with nylon and tarpaulins against the rain, with no safe shelter as the wet season nears.
Displaced Palestinian families are living in tents inside a cemetery in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, and covering them with nylon sheeting and tarpaulins to keep out rainwater, according to a WAFA video report.
WAFA said the families face harsh living conditions and have no safe shelter as winter approaches. Another WAFA video on Wednesday showed displaced people in a camp in central Gaza City tying down their worn tents with ropes.
The International Organization for Migration said on 9 October that almost 2 million people in Gaza need shelter assistance and that shelter partners’ supplies cover barely 17 percent of identified winter needs, according to Security Council Report.
Feature · Source: WAFA (video report), 6 Nov, 15:06 · also 1, 2
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