RAFAH, Arab Lands: Khulud Jarboueh and her children were only wearing shorts and T-shirts when they fled their house in the north Gaza Strip in early October while being bombarded by Israeli forces.
The sweltering late-summer steam persisted at the time. But then, in the pouring rain and icy cold, she rummages through stacks of clothes in search of things to keep them warm.
The 29-year-old told AFP at a second-hand clothing store outside the school run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees ( UNRWA ) in Rafah,” We left Gaza City with 20 members of the family more than one month ago.”
Israel had warned people to flee southern because it was safer it, so they had left the northern part of the Palestinian territory.
After Hamas militants stormed across the borders on October 7 and killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, Israel’s military launched a relentless assault of Gaza.
Additionally, they took about 240 victims in problems that prompted Israel to retaliate severely. According to the Hamas government in Gaza, 11,500 folks, including thousands of children, have died as a result of Jewish attacks.
Currently, Jarboueh and her family are dozing off on the UNRWA school’s surface.
” We did n’t bring any clothing with us.” But now that it’s cold, I need to buy winter clothing,” she remarked at the clothing store, where items cost one shekel each ( roughly$ 0. ) each. 25 ).
The Gaza Strip was a challenging place to live even before the battle.
According to the UN, Gaza’s business will be “hollowed out” in 2022 as a result of the embargo Israel has imposed on the region since 2007. ”
According to UNCTAD, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, 80 percentage of Gazans rely on foreign aid, so the restrictions on movement even make it difficult for them to get health care and other basic services.
In the densely populated area crammed between Israel, Egypt, and the Mediterranean Sea, unemployment was 45 %.
According to the UN, all 2 now. In Gaza, 4 million people are going starving, and 1. The conflict has caused 65 million people to be displaced. Poverty may only worsen as nearly half of Gaza’s homes are destroyed or damaged.
I’ve never had to purchase used clothing before, Jarboueh remarked. Despite the fact that we are not wealthy, I may typically afford to spend 10 pounds on a child’s outfit.
They are currently coughing because it is so warm. There is n’t anything else I can do. “”
She asserted that she was certain the worn-out clothing was “full of diseases.” “”
However, they will need to set them right on. I lack the water to wash my clothes or even give my kids a bath. “”
Plenty of Palestinians held up products to check dimensions or examine fabrics on a street lined with stalls. Now that the heat has dropped, downpours are frequent.
According to Farmer Walid Sbeh, he has lost all of his possessions and is without a dinar. With his family and 13 kids, he spends each day camped out at the UNRWA class.
He told AFP,” I ca n’t stand it when I see my kids go hungry while still wearing their summer clothes, and I know I have nothing to buy them.”
” This is not life.” They evict us from our houses and brutally murder us. He claimed that if we do n’t perish in the bombing, we do so from illness, cold, hunger, or thirst.
Sbeh claimed that they brought pillows with them when they left after the bombing of their home.
However, the Jewish military instructed us to put everything down and hold our hands up while traveling. “”
Some individuals, he claimed, gave them warmer clothes that their own kids had outgrown.
The owner of a clothing store, Adel Harzallah, claimed that his inventory of autumn pajamas had run out in just two days.
” When we were waiting for winter use to arrive, the war started. It was supposed to cross the frontier, but it closed following the Israeli strikes on October7.
His products were then confined to containers, such as food, drinking water, and fuel, all of which would later be sold for a high price.
One possible client was dissatisfied when they left Harzallah’s shop.
” Seventy pounds for a suit,” you ask? I have five kids, so I ca n’t afford to pay that, she said.
AFP reported that 27-year-old Abdulnasser Abu Dia “does n’t have enough to get food, let alone clothes.” ”
He only had the garments in which he fled for a month.
However, as the heat dropped,” someone gave me and my kids clothing coats.” We’ve been wearing them nonstop for the past month. “”
