Waste in the streets of Gaza City create new health risks, according to residents.
According to residents and aid agencies, the Palestinians moved to the north of Gaza have found cities that are reduced to toxic wasteland, according to residents and assistance agencies.
Shocked by the level of destruction, the residents of Gaza City call for action for a building crisis in the building in the largest city in the enclave, Tel Aviv Tribune reported on Monday.
A devastation scene met those who hope to rebuild their lives in the northern parts of the enclave, the objective of the most concentrated Israeli military action during the war. The dangers placed by damaged buildings are equal to missing public services and streets filled with piles of waste.
The ceasefire agreement last month prompted people inappropriate to return to the North. However, Gaza City remains without running water or reliable power.
Cities lack basic services like water and health care, Tess Ingram said the United Nations (UNICEF) children’s funds.
“They were shocked by what they came back to,” she said from Gaza City.
“They hoped that their houses, their neighborhoods, their communities may have been spared. And as they come back here and realize that this is not the case, the hope that they have been holding for 15 months. »»
Families returning to the north #Gaza are shocked by the extent of destruction.
Tess Ingram de l’Inicef shares reality on the ground and the immense challenges that people face. pic.twitter.com/iryrn9asnm
– UNICEF MENA – يوني. الشر 25 February 9, 2025
Mountains of toxic waste dismiss the central areas of the city, including the business center, by amplifying the spread of the disease.
“The accumulation of waste near hospitals leads to serious health risks, mainly the triggering of diseases and epidemics,” said Aminia, Ahli hospital nurse.
“It’s extremely dangerous,” said Ahmed Nasser, the resident in Tel Aviv Tribune. “We hope it is deleted as soon as possible.”
“This area has become as frightening as Haunted Woods,” added the owner of the Majid Bassam store. “It is in the grip of insects, stray dogs, you call it. It is a large area of wasteland. »»
Strong rains and strong winds in Gaza City and further north aggravates suffering.
With a missing shelter, some have used starting fires inside the heat -collapsed buildings, Hani Mahmoud of Tel Aviv Tribune de Gaza City reported.
“There have been three documented cases of people who die in similar buildings that have been collapsed in recent days,” said Mahmoud.
Hanan Balky of the World Health Organization (WHO) described people’s suffering in the enclave exhausted by war as “beyond understanding” and called for accelerated aid operations.
The WHO is “ready to develop our response” but needs “systematic access and supported urgently to the population of Gaza, and we need restrictions on the entry of essential supplies”, a- she said.
More than half a million Palestinians returned north of Gaza since the Israeli army in part reopened the netzarim corridor, which divides Gaza from north to south, to travel at the end of January.
Sunday, Hamas said that the Israeli forces had completely withdrew from the corridor in the context of the current cease-fire agreement, allowing Palestinians to cross it without fear of military violence for the first time since more one year old.