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STORY: WHO / GAZA WINTER CONDITIONS
TRT: 04:20
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 21, 25 FEBRUARY 2025, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
21 FEBRUARY 2025, MAKESHIFT DISPLACED CAMP, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
1. Various shots, wet and windy weather conditions in the camp, with makeshift tents billowing in the wind
2. Various shots, Iman in her makeshift tent with her children, warming themselves around a pot of boiling water
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iman, Displaced Person:
“As you can see it’s pouring water on us from here, and am trying to stabilize it with sticks, but it’s still pouring from this side, so I moved my children to the other side, and our stuff is everywhere, but it still pours on us, and water is all over the place. We have not slept tonight, and I have no idea what to do, also the wind is so strong, and it’s blowing up the tent. I don’t know how one lives in such situation. Our condition is extremely bad.”
4. Various shots, Ghader and her family, warming themselves around a small fire and Ghader pushing water off their makeshift tent roof
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghader, Displaced Person:
“The most common diseases now are serious skin diseases. My little sister suffers a lot from skin diseases, and I mean abnormal skin diseases, because of the polluted water we get from the wells. The water is very polluted because of which we have heart and intestinal diseases.”
25 FEBRUARY 2025, MAKESHIFT DISPLACED CAMP, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
6. Various shots, Mahmoud’s family tent, and him holding is daughter
7. Various shots, Mahmoud, his wife Bisan and their children inside their makeshift home
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud, Displaced Person:
“As you know, it’s a stormy week, with low temperatures. But thank God it went fine, yet the past few days were very difficult for the children. We had to hold them close to our bodies during the night, so they stay warm.”
25 FEBRUARY 2025, MAKESHIFT DISPLACED CAMP, RAFAH, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
9. Sara’s tent in the displaced camp
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sara, Displaced Person:
“The weather is extremely cold for the children, and the mother suffers when she’s dealing with her baby. For instance, when the baby needs a bath or a diaper or cloths change, it feels like we’re doing it outside, and a lot of children died due to the cold weather.”
11. Med shot, Sara’s holding her child Wateen
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sara, Displaced Person:
“We are unable to cover them, and care for them. Fuel, and gas are scarce, no electricity, no central heating of course. There’s literally nothing to warm these kids, even blankets are limited.”
13. Med shot, blue tent, with personal items hanging from hooks
Temperatures are still low in Gaza, and heavy rains and cold weather are making survival even more difficult for displaced families, living without adequate shelter, such as in tents made of plastic sheeting.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iman, Displaced Person:
“As you can see it’s pouring water on us from here, and am trying to stabilize it with sticks, but it’s still pouring from this side, so I moved my children to the other side, and our stuff is everywhere, but it still pours on us, and water is all over the place. We have not slept tonight, and I have no idea what to do, also the wind is so strong, and it’s blowing up the tent. I don’t know how one lives in such situation. Our condition is extremely bad.”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghader, Displaced Person:
“The most common diseases now are serious skin diseases. My little sister suffers a lot from skin diseases, and I mean abnormal skin diseases, because of the polluted water we get from the wells. The water is very polluted because of which we have heart and intestinal diseases.”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud, Displaced Person:
“As you know, it’s a stormy week, with low temperatures. But thank God it went fine, yet the past few days were very difficult for the children. We had to hold them close to our bodies during the night, so they stay warm.”
These harsh conditions have reportedly claimed the lives of seven newborns due to hypothermia, according to the Ministry of Health.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sara, Displaced Person:
“The weather is extremely cold for the children, and the mother suffers when she’s dealing with her baby. For instance, when the baby needs a bath or a diaper or cloths change, it feels like we’re doing it outside, and a lot of children died due to the cold weather.”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sara, Displaced Person:
“We are unable to cover them, and care for them. Fuel, and gas are scarce, no electricity, no central heating of course. There’s literally nothing to warm these kids, even blankets are limited.”
Low temperatures and poor shelter conditions are also increasing the risk of disease spread, especially for infants, pregnant and lactating women and the elderly.
