PNA, 400,000 displaced in Gaza in areas at high risk from floods

"Over 400,000 displaced Palestinians" live in the Gaza Strip in areas particularly at risk from floods as they are vulnerable to flooding, the accumulation of rainwater or because they are located near the coast: this is the estimate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ramallah, managed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Who added that, given the serious flooding reported in the Strip in the last few hours, "the ongoing crisis could turn into an even more serious catastrophe".

In a statement quoted by the Wafa agency, the PNA underlined "that almost two million Palestinians live in approximately 270,000 tents and displacement sites in the governorates of the Gaza Strip. And that "between 60% and 85% of the tents are now deteriorated and unusable after almost three years of genocide and continuous forced displacement".

For this reason, the Ramallah ministry has launched an appeal to the international community, the UN and NGOs to "take immediate and coordinated action to save human lives in the Gaza Strip and address the worsening of the humanitarian and environmental crisis with the arrival of winter".

A call to action also came from the UN, through the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. "The rains have now started in Gaza, flooding shelters and putting people in immediate danger. Humanitarian organizations have mobilized quickly, but available supplies are insufficient. It is necessary to immediately allow the entry of basic necessities to face the winter. More humanitarian funding is urgently needed," it said.