UNICEF / GAZA DISPLACEMENT FAMILIES

With the escalation of hostilities in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, hundreds of families and their children began to flee from their homes and shelters to places that might be safer. UNICEF

• Video Length: 00:02:53
• Production Date: 13 May 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS; WAR; CIVILIAN PROTECTION
• Geographic Subject: GAZA; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 3206546
• Parent Id: 3206546
• Alternate Title: unifeedd240513d

Description

STORY: UNICEF / GAZA DISPLACEMENT FAMILIES
TRT: 02:53
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 11 MAY 2024, AL-MAWASI, SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP / DEIR AL-BALAH, CENTER GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

Shotlist

11 MAY 2024, AL-MAWASI, SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

1. Various shots, camp where families and their children are setting up tents
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal, 13-year-old Displaced Child:
“We have been displaced four times and we now live with my uncle’s family in Al-Mawasi, but there is no space here for us.”
3. Pan right, tents
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal, 13-year-old Displaced Child:
“We were displaced from the north to Khan Yunis, from Khan Yunis to Rafah, and then from Rafah to the Al-Mawasi area.”
5. Wide shot, tents
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal, 13-year-old Displaced Person:
“There is no water here, it is difficult to find it, and we end up drinking salt water.”

11 MAY 2024, DEIR AL-BALAH, CENTER GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

7. Various shots, families and their children arriving Deir al-Balah centre of the Gaza Strip after fleeing from Rafah

11 MAY 2024, AL-MAWASI, SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Halima, Displaced Person:
“I was displaced from the Indonesian hospital. I was besieged there until the Red Cross evacuated me and my injured daughter to Nasser Hospital, and from there to the industrial zone in Khan Yunis and then to Rafah, and from Rafah we were displaced to the Al-Mawasi area.”
9. Wide shot, pile of trash
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Halima, Displaced Person:
“People are fleeing from fear and cannot find a place to pitch their tent. I do not know where we will go. There is no safe place left for us.”

11 MAY 2024, DEIR AL-BALAH, CENTER GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

11. Various shots, pitching their tents

11 MAY 2024, AL-MAWASI, SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibtihal, Displaced Person:
“We arrived here, desperate. We did not find a place to stay except in front of the beach and, we do not feel safe. Helicopters and ships are shooting at us from the sea. Where do we go, where do we and our children go? We do not want anything but security and safety.”

11 MAY 2024, DEIR AL-BALAH, CENTER GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

13. Various shots, families and their children carrying some of their belongings and pitching their tents

11 MAY 2024, AL-MAWASI, SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Marwa, Displaced Person:
“We have been displaced twice, and this third time is in the Al-Mawasi area. The place is crowded. It is difficult to find water and we eat only canned food. We are tired. I hope the war will end and we will return to our homes.”

11 MAY 2024, DEIR AL-BALAH, CENTER GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

15. Various shots, families and their children carrying some of their belongings and pitching their tents

11 MAY 2024, AL-MAWASI, SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Marwa, Displaced Person:
“Even when we get sick, getting to the hospital is very difficult. The roads are crowded, and we end up without treat.”

11 MAY 2024, DEIR AL-BALAH, CENTER GAZA STRIP, STATE OF PALESTINE

17. Various shots, families and their children carrying some of their belongings and pitching their tents

Storyline

With the escalation of hostilities in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, hundreds of families and their children began to flee from their homes and shelters to places that might be safer.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal, 13-year-old Displaced Child:
“We have been displaced four times and we now live with my uncle’s family in Al-Mawasi, but there is no space here for us.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal, 13-year-old Displaced Child:
“We were displaced from the north to Khan Yunis, from Khan Yunis to Rafah, and then from Rafah to the Al-Mawasi area.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal, 13-year-old Displaced Person:
“There is no water here, it is difficult to find it, and we end up drinking salt water.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Halima, Displaced Person:
“I was displaced from the Indonesian hospital. I was besieged there until the Red Cross evacuated me and my injured daughter to Nasser Hospital, and from there to the industrial zone in Khan Yunis and then to Rafah, and from Rafah we were displaced to the Al-Mawasi area.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Halima, Displaced Person:
“People are fleeing from fear and cannot find a place to pitch their tent. I do not know where we will go. There is no safe place left for us.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibtihal, Displaced Person:
“We arrived here, desperate. We did not find a place to stay except in front of the beach and, we do not feel safe. Helicopters and ships are shooting at us from the sea. Where do we go, where do we and our children go? We do not want anything but security and safety.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Marwa, Displaced Person:
“We have been displaced twice, and this third time is in the Al-Mawasi area. The place is crowded. It is difficult to find water and we eat only canned food. We are tired. I hope the war will end and we will return to our homes.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Marwa, Displaced Person:
“Even when we get sick, getting to the hospital is very difficult. The roads are crowded, and we end up without treat.”

UNICEF staff continue to respond to the critical needs of children across the Gaza Strip, but access is becoming increasingly difficult and dangerous.