«Two days in the past a rocket fell on a constructing just a few hundred meters from our home. The raids are fewer, however they’re nonetheless there. And along with the missiles there’s the chilly and the Byron storm.” Francesco Sacchi is 34 years old, a civil engineer and the head of the Emergency mission in Gaza.
Where is it located and what is the situation?
I am in Deir Al Balah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. At this moment [pomeriggio di venerdi 12 dicembre n.d.a] It’s not raining, but it was pouring until last night and the forecast says it will start again on Monday. The situation is difficult. It is cold in the evening, the passage of storm Byron caused the flooding of the tents and the collapse of some buildings which were already unstable, having been damaged by Israeli attacks. 80% of the buildings in the Strip are destroyed. Many people live in unsafe houses and buildings, perhaps with cardboard or makeshift bags instead of glass in the windows. The UN estimates that one million 300 thousand people in Gaza live in a precarious situation.
After the truce, did the Gazans who had been evacuated and were forced to leave their homes return to their cities of origin?
During the January 2025 truce, Al Mawasy, the place the Emergency clinic is positioned, was emptied of refugees, they’d all returned to Gaza City. However, now only a few have left. Because they now not belief and do not know the place to return. It’s full of individuals sleeping on the seashore, just a few meters from the ocean and when it rains and the ocean swells it is a catastrophe. People dig drains, attempt to cease the water with luggage, however it’s ineffective.
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