Retired Gazans From North To South Seek Protection To Cemetery

Gaza/UNRWA Refugees

JAKARTA - Bertubi-tubi serangan Israel di Gaza, bukan hanya melalankan bangunan hingga nyawa berhitung. Mereka yang bertahan kini terlampun-lung, tanpa adanya jaminan keamanan dan pasokan makanan.

After more than a year of war, Abu Razzak Al-Qassas and his family lived in temporary shelters in a cemetery in the southern Gaza Strip. They depend on donations of food to survive.

The Al-Qassas family, who came from Gaza City in the northern part of the coastal area, was among many other refugees who lived in Khan Younis' funeral.

"Look at how scary and scary the children are. Look how we live, there is no food and water," Al-Qassas said, pointing to the grave tombstone.

Most of the two million people in Gaza have been displaced by Israel's relentless attacks on the track. Some of them, such as the Al-Qassas family, whose homes were badly damaged, had to move more than once.

The number of aids that entered Gaza fell and there was a shortage of severe food, water, medicine, and fuel. Israel often blames aid agencies for failing to distribute aid in Gaza.

While the United States has warned its Israeli allies to fix the humanitarian situation in Gaza or to face possible restrictions on US military aid.

Starvation was rampant and many people lived in tents and temporary shelters made of tarpaulins and camping blankets that seemed unable to protect them from the harsh winter they would face.

The Al-Qassas family lives on the bread heated with open flames, cheese, and a mixture of spices and wheat.

'My kids have nothing to eat or drink. They cry all night. They want food. Where can I get it from?', said Al-Qassas, calling markets and border crossings closed.

The war was sparked when militants from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and holding 250 others hostage in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.

Vowing to destroy Hamas and release the hostages, Israel's retaliatory attacks on Gaza have killed more than 43,000 people, health officials said.

Repeated international efforts to end the war have failed.

"There is no more life in the entire Gaza Strip, both in the north and in the south," said Al-Qassas' wife, Ghada.