Displaced residents relocate to Gaza City and live in tents among piles of rubbish and rubble

(3 Dec 2024)

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Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 2 December 2024
1. Various of displaced woman hanging clothes to dry on ropes between tents near garbage piles
2. Wide of tents near garbage and rubble
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bilal Marouf, displaced from north of Gaza Strip:
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"We went out barefoot and naked. We and our children had nothing with us. I swear we had nothing. Hunger and thirst killed us, and we did not have a single shekel, clothes, mattress, or blanket. We came as you see here. We were surrounded by rubbish. There is no water, we stay on the streets now."
4. Various of displaced people cooking food outdoors on makeshift stoves
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Imad Abu Jedian, displaced from Jabaliya:
++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 6++
"We want a truce today, before tomorrow. Have mercy on us. Our children are dying. They are dying from the garbage, from the Jews, from the remnants of the occupation. We do not know what to do. We are unable to find what to eat or what to drink. From yesterday until now, our children have not eaten."
6. Displaced people cooking food outdoors
7. Tents, rubble and destroyed buildings nearby
8. Various tracking shots of displaced people sitting and walking near their tents
STORYLINE:
Facing acute shortages of food and water and lacking security, displaced Palestinians from northern Gaza have relocated to Gaza City and are now living in tents among piles of rubbish and rubble.

"We went out barefoot and naked. We and our children had nothing with us. I swear we had nothing. Hunger and thirst killed us, and we did not have a single shekel, nor clothes, nor a mattress, nor a blanket. We came as you see here. We were surrounded by rubbish. There is no water, we stay now in the streets,” said Bilal Marouf, a 55-year-old displaced man from the north with 11 family members.

Near Marouf’s tent, sits piles of trash, waste, rubble, and overcrowded areas filled with tents lined up along a main street, where other displaced families are staying with barely any life necessities for cooking and cleaning.

Imad Abu Jedian, a displaced man from Jabaliya who lost two of his sons and two brothers during the war, said that he couldn’t go to schools-turned-shelters because they are filled with thousands of people.

He added that the charitable kitchen where he is staying is only able to serve some 500 people out of the thousands of displaced Palestinians in the area.

“We want a truce today before tomorrow. Have mercy on us. Our children are dying. They are dying from the garbage, from the Israelis, from the remnants of the occupation. We do not know what to do. We are unable to find what to eat or what to drink. From yesterday until now, our children have not eaten,” he said.

With a potential ceasefire deal in Gaza still nowhere in sight, aid agencies are struggling to operate amid ongoing Israeli offensives and looting of convoys.

Carl Skau, WFP’s Deputy Executive Director, said on Monday that the last time a WFP convoy successfully reached areas in the north was around two weeks ago.

Production by Wafaa Shurafa

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