{"id":291707,"date":"2023-12-14T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=291707"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:08:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:08:50","slug":"gaza-flooding-latest-disaster-to-hit-desperate-palestinians-dec14-2023","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/gaza-flooding-latest-disaster-to-hit-desperate-palestinians-dec14-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate Palestinians – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF\/Eyad El Baba\/Heavy rains have led to flooding in the streets of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Heavy rains created new misery in Gaza as Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ humanitarians repeated deep concerns on Thursday over the deteriorating health situation in the Strip, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment and fighting with Palestinian armed groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ humanitarian affairs coordination office\u00a0OCHA<\/a> said that many areas in the enclave have been flooded, \u201cworsening the struggle of displaced Palestinians\u201d, while Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini was due to brief journalists in Geneva on the situation on Thursday, following his most recent visit to Gaza.<\/p>\n

Almost 1.9 million people in the enclave have been uprooted by the violence and more than half have sought safety in the southern town of Rafah. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Palestine refugee agency (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA<\/a>) shelters in the south of the Strip are nine times over capacity and scores of people live outdoors, exposed to the harsh weather, or in makeshift shelters.<\/p>\n

Water and sanitation emergency<\/strong><\/h2>\n

OCHA said that in the overcrowded shelters, sewage cannot be managed. Combined with the flooding and the accumulation of waste, the conditions have attracted insects, mosquitoes and rats, further compounding risks of disease spread.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week the Gaza health authorities said that they had documented 360,000 cases of infectious diseases in shelters and that the actual numbers could be higher.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile on Wednesday humanitarian partners providing water, sanitation and hygiene support to Gaza\u2019s population reported an urgent need for construction materials to fix damaged water pipelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cInability to provide repairs could result in water being cut off from certain areas in the south of Gaza\u201d, OCHA said.<\/p>\n

Hospital raid continues<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kamal Adwan Hospital, in Beit Lahiya north of Gaza City was raided by Israeli troops on Wednesday for the second consecutive day, OCHA said, \u201cwith reports of mass arrests and ill-treatment of people who they have detained\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to OCHA five doctors and all the female staff detained the previous day were released from custody but the hospital\u2019s director and some 70 other medical staff \u201cremain detained in an unknown location outside of the hospital\u201d. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ health agency\u00a0WHO<\/a>\u00a0expressed concern about the raid and urged the protection of patients and staff inside the hospital.<\/p>\n

Women and girls disproportionately affected<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-appointed independent rights experts sounded the alarm on Thursday over the \u201ctragic consequences\u201d of the conflict for women and girls in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel.<\/p>\n

The experts, including members of the\u00a0Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls<\/a>, expressed serious concern over the hostage-taking of Israeli women and girls by Hamas during its terror attacks on 7 October and over \u201cincreasing allegations of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas and other armed groups against women and girls in Israel\u201d that day, calling for the claims to be investigated and for perpetrators to be held accountable.<\/p>\n

The experts also deplored the disastrous impact of the conflict on the health, education and livelihood of women and girls in the Strip. Since 7 October 2,784 women in Gaza have become widows and new heads of households.<\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-appointed independent experts hold their mandate from the\u00a0Human Rights Council<\/a> and are not Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ staff members, nor do they receive a salary for their work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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