GAZA – Torrential rain, flooded tents and thousands of families without safe shelter. The arrival of winter further aggravates the humanitarian emergency in the Gaza Strip, where over half a million children risk facing the coldest months in extremely precarious conditions. The international organization Avaaz launches an appeal to ask for the removal of restrictions that hinder the entry of humanitarian aid.
According to the organization, recent rainfall has caused extensive flooding in displaced persons’ camps, submerging tents, mattresses and blankets. Avaaz also reports the death of three children and denounces the conditions in which hundreds of thousands of minors find themselves, exposed to cold, humidity and serious health risks.
The situation is aggravated by the lack of adequate housing, drinking water, sanitation and reconstruction materials. According to the news reported in the campaign, tens of thousands of tents have been invaded by water, while humanitarian organizations fear a further worsening of the population’s health conditions.
Avaaz attributes a large part of the difficulties to Israeli restrictions on the entry of aid, equipment and materials needed to establish safe shelters. The organization is therefore calling for international diplomatic intervention to allow greater and regular access to humanitarian supplies.
In its appeal, the movement recalls the pressure exerted by various governments, including the United Kingdom, Egypt and Qatar, to ease the restrictions and guarantee the entry of essential goods to the civilian population.
The objective of the petition is to support these diplomatic initiatives through international mobilization, urging the opening of humanitarian corridors and the possibility of rapidly distributing shelter materials, clean water, equipment and basic necessities.
“We can’t stop the rain, but we can prevent innocent children from sleeping on mattresses soaked in dirty water,” underlines Avaaz, highlighting that families not only need new tents, but above all safe and dry shelters.
The campaign invites citizens to sign the online petition to ask governments to intensify diplomatic pressure and encourage the arrival of aid before winter conditions make the emergency even more serious.
The petition is available at https://secure.avaaz.org/it/campaigns/open_gaza_loc/
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