GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has stated that 1.9 million people in Gaza Strip are living without shelter, and it is estimated that reconstruction will take years following the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation army.
In a statement on Friday, the agency mentioned that at least 1.9 million people have been displaced in Gaza due to the war, with many forced to live in temporary shelters, such as those in the Mawasi area in the southwest of Gaza.
UNRWA noted that most homes have either been completely destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, and explained that rebuilding the infrastructure, returning to normal life, and addressing the trauma in the enclave will take years.
The agency also expressed its “concern over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, especially in the northern part of the region.”
The organization pointed out that “once the ceasefire was in effect, UNRWA teams worked tirelessly to begin distributing food aid in northern Gaza.”
It also highlighted that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living among the rubble left by months of intense Israeli bombardment are in urgent need of life-saving assistance.
UNRWA called for the necessity of continuing its work to provide humanitarian aid on this scale.
