- Title: Displaced Gazans face mounting hardships as war surpasses 400 days
- Date: 11th November 2024
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (NOVEMBER 10, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TENTS FOR DISPLACED GAZANS AT THE YARMOUK STADIUM IN GAZA CITY PEOPLE WALKING BY TENTS DISPLACED GAZAN, IBTSSAM SOBH, WALKING BY TENTS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED GAZAN FROM BEIT LAHIYA, IBTSSAM SOBH, SAYING: "The 400 days that have passed feel like 400 years, maybe even more. If there was no war, we wouldn’t have known such hunger and displacement. Before, we were living decently; we were fine and happy, receiving aid packages twice a month. Now, there is no food, no water, no medicine, there's nothing. We are deprived of everything, even the air we breathe.” CHILDREN JUMPING AND PLAYING TWO GIRLS STANDING OUTSIDE TENT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED GAZAN FROM BEIT LAHIYA, IBTSSAM SOBH, SAYING: “We are calling on all Arab countries to look at us and stand with us. The Palestinian people wish to return to their homes. Although no homes are left, they have been destroyed, half of our families are in the south, and half are here, and some left in the north. we are torn to three parts.” VARIOUS OF DISPLACED FAMILY OF KHALIL AL ZAIN SITTING INSIDE A MAKESHIFT TENT AL ZAIN'S DAUGHTERS SMILING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED GAZAN FROM JABALIA, KHALIL AL ZAIN, SAYING: “Each day here feels like a year; you can't feel any comfort, you only feel the strikes and the pounding.There’s no comfort, no money, no work. Before the 400 days, we used to work and came and go, today there’s nothing, you just sit and wait till God grants you something to eat or drink.” AL ZAIN'S FAMILY SITTING IN THEIR TENT FLIES BUZZING OVER A PLATE OF PASTA IN THE TENT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED GAZAN FROM JABALIA, KHALIL AL ZAIN, SAYING: “(We wish) the war to stop, and we return to our homes. after these 400 days, there is almost nothing left. Where should we go? Where should we stay? We have nothing, we have no homes. The north has become a battleground every day. The army (Israeli) is the one who forced us to leave it, we were driven out by force and violence, the strikes were right above our heads. Thanks God, we are fleeing now from place to another, we even don’t have the time to move from place to another.” LITTLE GIRL SMILING CLOTHES HANGING AND CHILDREN WALKING BY TENTS DISPLACED GAZAN, MOHAMED ABOU AL QARAA, SITTING WITH HIS FAMILY OUTSIDE THEIR TENT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED GAZAN FROM JABALIA, MOHAMED ABOU AL QARAA, SAYING: “The war came since 400 days ago, and destroyed the enclave entirely, setting us back to square one. We don’t know from where to start, we don’t even have the basic things to survive. There's a crisis with water, crisis with the Tykkia (food charity), it’s simple things, they (Israel) returned us to prior the displacement in 1948. we used to hear about the days of the 1948, and conditions were better than what we face now. Now, we have no security, and no place.” CLOTHES HANGING OUTSIDE TENT / CAT ENTERING TENT DRAWING ON A TENT SHOWING A WOMAN COOKING WITH A TITLE SAYING (Arabic) "Stay strong, our country" (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED GAZAN FROM JABALIA, MOHAMED ABOU AL QARAA, SAYING: There is destruction and displacement, the loss of loved ones. We lost five martyrs, we lost captives, we lost people dear to us. I haven’t been able to contact some family members for 38 days since the latest invasion. I don’t know if they are fine, or even alive. These 400 days feel like 4,000 years." ELDERLY WOMAN STANDING GIRL WASHING DISHES OUTSIDE HER TENT LITTLE GIRL POURING WATER TO CLEAN HER LEG VIEW OF TENTS BY THE YARMOUK STADIUM WOMEN AND CHILDREN OUTSIDE THE TENTS VARIOUS OF CLOTHES HANGING AT MAKESHIFT SHELTERS / PEOPLE WALKING BY AND STANDING VARIOUS OF MAKESHIFTS TENTS AT THE YARMOUK STADIUM
- Embargoed: 25th November 2024 10:27
- Keywords: DISPLACED GAZA GAZA CITY GAZA WAR HAMAS ISRAEL
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001877111112024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:As the war surpasses its 400th day, displaced Gazans sheltering in makeshift camps at Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City face mounting hardships, struggling to survive in the war-torn enclave.
"These 400 days feel like 4,000 years," says Mohamed Abou Al Qaraa, a displaced Gazan from Jabalia who seeks shelter at a tent inside the stadium with his five children.
Displaced from Beit Lahiya, Ibtssam Sobh shares similar feelings, saying that 400 days feel like 400 years. 'If there was no war, we wouldn’t have known such hunger and displacement,' Sobh added."
Nearby in the camp, Khalil Al Zain, displaced from Jabalia with his family of four, reflects on the toll of daily life in the shadow of ongoing violence.
“Each day here feels like a year. You can't feel any comfort; you only feel the strikes and the pounding,” he says.
With the war in Gaza now in its 14th month, Israel is focusing its operations in the north and center in what it says is a campaign to stop Hamas militants waging attacks and to prevent them from regrouping.
Tens of thousands of Palestinian residents have been told to evacuate the areas, fueling fears that they may never be allowed to return.
The already slim chances of a ceasefire receded further at the weekend when mediator Qatar said it was suspending its efforts until both Israel and Hamas showed greater willingness to reach an agreement.
The war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas gunmen attacked Israeli communities, killing around 1,200 people and seizing another 253 hostages, by Israeli tallies. Israel's military campaign has leveled much of Gaza and killed around 43,500 Palestinians, Gaza health officials say.
Palestinian and United Nations officials say there are no safe areas in the enclave, home to more than 2.1 million people and now largely in ruins.
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