Gaza Winter Shelter Crisis: 800,000 Displaced Children Face Another Season in Tents
Gaza winter shelter is running short as the rainy season approaches. UNICEF said on Friday, October 16, that about 800,000 children in the Strip are still displaced, and that most of them live in tents or damaged buildings. The agency also warned that all six wastewater treatment plants remain out of service and that a large stormwater basin could overflow when the rains arrive.
Where the children are living
The 800,000 figure comes from UNICEF, which presented a new report at a briefing in Geneva. Its deputy spokesperson, Ricardo Pires, described a fourth winter in which children are living in damaged tents, with little sanitation, in whatever space their families can find. UNICEF counts roughly 60,000 children who have lost one or both parents, according to its own estimate, and sa...
