Due to the accumulation of waste, the total lack of water and the massive overcrowding due to the displacement of the population, there have been outbreaks of disease in this city, he denounced in an interview with the television channel Al Jazeera.
With an area of less than three square kilometers and a population of 30,000, Maghazi is the smallest of the eight refugee camps in the enclave, although it now houses around 90,000 people.
“We have seven water wells, two of which were attacked by Israel, the remaining five cannot be operated due to lack of fuel,” he stressed.
In addition to the spread of disease, he warned, our people are also at risk of starvation because we lack a steady supply of food.
Although we dump waste in remote areas on the outskirts of the camp, these spaces are full and therefore insects and epidemics begin to spread, he noted.
He told how they almost miraculously received a truck of flour a few days ago.
A vehicle loaded with flour from a UN agency was heading to the northern city of Gaza when it was attacked by a tank. The driver refused to continue the journey and the agency decided to distribute the product in Maghazi, he said.
Al-Ghamri reported that an Israeli bomb destroyed the only bakery in the area on October 26.
Specifically, the Qatari television channel emphasized that the city had been bombed by aircraft several times in recent weeks.
Due to overcrowding, displaced people face increasing challenges, including the spread of diseases such as smallpox and scabies, as well as lack of access to vital resources such as water, food and children’s basics, including diapers and milk, he stressed.
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