To have an idea of what life is like for Gaza’s more than two million people, one need only listen to 43-year-old Mazen Al Shandaghli. Speaking on Sunday – a day before the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss the territory's future – the displaced Palestinian told The National that days of heavy winter rain had flooded his family’s tent, forcing them to sleep outside.
“Before the war, we loved the rain. We used to sit by the fire, cook and laugh,” Mr Al Shandaghli said. “Now we hate it, it brings only fear and sickness.”
It is people like Mr Al Shandaghli and his family who urgently need outside help. Although the ceasefire is largely holding, Palestinian civilians are barely hanging on. Entire communities require increased aid deliveries as well as protection from criminal gangs and the Israeli military.
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