Displaced families sheltering near al-Qarara port have set up makeshift camps just meters from the sea after being barred from restricted inland zones like Bani Suheila. Rising seawater and rain repeatedly threaten these camps, echoing last winter when incoming waves submerged tents and caused life-threatening illnesses among children. To fend off surges, organizations like the Mayasem Association and World Central Kitchen are stacking soil-filled cooking pots into barrier walls reaching 150 centimeters high. However, the Winter Emergency Committee emphasizes that these improvised structures cannot fix a crisis deepened by severe shortages of tents and caravans.
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Local coastal defenses offer only temporary mitigation against sea surges and cannot reso…: Local coastal defenses offer only temporary mitigation against sea surges and cannot resolve the broader shelter catastrophe.
Displaced families face severe winter risks due to prohibitive rental prices, extreme ove…: Displaced families face severe winter risks due to prohibitive rental prices, extreme overcrowding, and dilapidated tent conditions.
Israeli authorities continue to prevent vital shelter supplies, caravans, fuel, and const…: Israeli authorities continue to prevent vital shelter supplies, caravans, fuel, and construction materials from entering the Gaza Strip.
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An innovative idea to turn damaged cooking pots into seawater barriers is providing families in Gaza with some relief, but it’s far from enough.
Khan Younis, Gaza – A few metres from the sea, near al-Qarara port on Gaza’s coast, Anas al-Shami, 33, is trying to keep his family of six warm and dry in a dilapidated tent. It offers little protection from wind and rain, while the damp seeps into their bedding and belongings at every moment. The swelling waves in the sea also pose a constant threat as winter approaches.
The beach was not al-Shami’s choice of place to live, but the refuge his family took shelter in after being displaced from their home quickly became overcrowded. They can’t afford anything safer than this tent.
Now, he and his family are living in constant fear of a repeat of last winter’s flooding.
Al-Shami and his family were forced to leave Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, when it became part of Israel’s so-called “Yellow Zone” beyond which Palestinians are not permitted to go.
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