Public health
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days agoGaza's tent life between illness and daily despair
Waste, sewage, lack of water and sanitation in Gaza are causing repeated disease outbreaks and severe health harm among displaced families.
I rushed outside and then, when the water reached six feet, climbed on to the roof with my children, Nawaz says. That night and the following morning, we had nothing to eat. While on the rooftop, my little boy kept asking when we could go home downstairs, but our home was already submerged. The water had nearly reached the roof when rescue teams finally arrived the next afternoon to take us to the camps by boat, and it reached a maximum of 22 feet, says Nawaz.