Original title: Displacement and lack of supplies Gazans face an existential crisis.
As the Israeli military expanded its military operations in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the number of local casualties surged, while a large number of local people had to move further south to the Rafah area. The rapid increase in population has made life even more difficult for people who already lack access to supplies.
At the Nasser Medical Center, the main hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, on the 7th, it was crowded with wounded people who urgently needed to be treated.
Doctor Muhammad Matar: I'm Dr. Matar, a doctor at Nasser Medical Center. The women and children who were sent in were so badly injured that we had almost no medical resources, no money and medicine, and no transport to transport the wounded.
With the recent escalation of conflict in the south, large numbers of displaced Palestinians have moved to Rafah and to what Israel calls a "safe zone" in the Mediterranean town of Mawasi. However, when they arrived in Mahawasi, they found that they were crammed into makeshift tents, living in filthy conditions and lacking basic necessities.
Displaced person Munir: The tents were overcrowded, with 30 to 40 people living in each tent. We are suffering from very cold weather and do not have any necessities of life. There are long queues for everything, even drinking water. We are tormented, our children are deeply depressed, and thousands of Palestinians are suffering.
Some displaced people who moved to Rafah said that they asked 10 people to eat in a can because of food shortages. The health of the children is even more worrying.
Displaced Najib: Sometimes we can't find food for days, sometimes we can't find food for a day or two. There was no food, no water, life was too hard. If I could find a piece of bread for the children, it would be like finding gold. The situation is a disaster.
*: CCTV news client.