Several Gaza residents told CNN about the painful challenges of displacement, cramped living and miserable weather as fighting between Israel and Hamas continues.
Mohammed Al-Jaro, who is displaced in Nuseirat in central Gaza, said:
“The basic problem is that you are cramped with a large number of people in one place. Movement is hard when it is raining, especially for the children who are used to running, jumping, and playing, not to mention that clothes take long to dry and there is not enough change of clothes.”
Wajih Ajjour, from the al-Rimal area, is now displaced in a United Nations agency shelter in Khan Younis. He described the harsh impact of rain on makeshift shelters:
“Yesterday, we got drenched in the rain. There was heavy rain and bitter cold. We don't know what to do for the children, no medicine, no blankets, no clothes, you can't even change clothes."
Hani Qalja in Rafah said most of the tents have water dripping through the middle as strong winds gust through:
“The situation is worse than you can imagine; even last night, the tent flew from the weather and the strong winds, and the nylon flew; it was chaotic for us, and the covers were soaked.”