Middle East Populations Uprooted by Israel/Arab Conflict

Two-month old twins, a boy and a girl, members of a destitute refugee family of 11 children 5 women and three men, having no shelter at all. The family has been obliged to live in the open for two days and nights while waiting for shelter in the Wadi Telil refugee camp which is about 42 kilometres north/east of Amman. The camp is located in open desert where the temperatures during the day are extremely hot and during the night, intensely cold. More than 7,500 people are receiving minimum shelter from the elements here in only 350 tents.