Jorge Fraga Errecart

Over the past three years, in Gaza, Israel has destroyed entire neighborhoods and cities, forced about 1.9 Million Palestinians from their homes, and destroyed most of the civilian infrastructure. It continues to block reconstruction and restrict the entry of essential supplies and aid. Now that the winter rains have arrived, people are struggling to find shelter. About 950,000 residents of Gaza are exposed to the rain and cold in displacement camps. In just 12 hours, some 70,000 tents were flooded, emergency services received more than 1,500 distress calls and three buildings collapsed. “Winter hasn’t even started yet, and my tent and everything inside is flooded. What will I do when the worst of it hits?” Shireen Munir Ma’aruf, 24, a mother of two with another on the way, was forced to leave her home in Beit Lahiya. She is now living in a tent in western Gaza City and does not know how the family will survive the winter. Despite the declaration of a "ceasefire" 13 months ago, Israel continues to kill Palestinians in Gaza and prevent the reconstruction of bombed homes and infrastructure. This is what the beginning of a fourth winter under genocide looks like.