Gaza is a 'non-stop nightmare' :UN Chief
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Displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip seeking shelter in makeshift tents due to the ongoing Israeli carpet bombing and attacks now face the challenges of harsh winter conditions.
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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike on a crowded tent housing Palestinians displayed by the war in al-Mawasi on September 10, 2024 (AP)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticized the increased "level of impunity" internationally. Speaking to an annual summit of world leaders on Tuesday, Guterres said the situation in Gaza is a "non-stop nightmare."
According to Guterres in his address to the General Assembly, the "level of impunity in the world is politically indefensible and morally intolerable," detailing how a "growing number of governments and others feel entitled to a 'get out of jail free' card."
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Tuesday that the number of Palestinians killed in the Strip on the 354th day of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war has risen to 41,467 with 95,921 people wounded.
In its daily report, the ministry noted that Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours, killing 12 Palestinians and injuring 43 others.
On Monday, the correspondent said that the Israeli demolition of residential blocks continues as part of its systematic campaign to prevent Palestinians from returning to their homes.
Israeli media have reported previously that the occupation intends to establish settlements and military bases in the leveled areas.
The Israeli aggression in Gaza has expanded to neighboring Lebanon with 558 citizens, including 50 children killed, and1,835 others injured, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said during a press conference on Tuesday.
According to Abiad, "the Israeli enemy's brutality led to the martyrdom of several members of medical and rescue teams."
Al Mayadeen's correspondent had reported over 1,000 Israeli airstrikes targeting the Lebanese South since "Israel" launched its extensive aggression on Monday.
Gazans seek refuge in 'the sky' as rains swamp, ruin their tents
Displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip seeking shelter in makeshift tents due to the ongoing Israeli carpet bombing and attacks now face the challenges of harsh winter conditions as sudden downpours exacerbate their bind.
According to Anadolu, even brief rains were enough to flood and ruin tents, as well as submerge their surroundings, leaving approximately two million displaced Palestinians with "no refuge but the sky".
Muhammad Abdullah Kobi, who fled to the Nusairat Refugee Camp in central Gaza with his family, described the state of their torn tents, noting that the ground on which they were set up was unsuitable for living.
As rains pour over Gaza, tents are left flooded due to the absence of waterproof tarps and supplies, rendering survival in the winter even harder amid the Israeli bombardment.
"It rained for about an hour, and this is the result. What will we do when it rains for days? There’s no safe or livable place for us to go — no house, not even a caravan. We don't even have medicine for our children when they fall sick," Kobi said.
In Deir al-Balah, Ahmed Abdullatif expressed his frustration toward the international silence and inaction after rains soaked his mattresses and blankets, saying "People seem to take pleasure in the pain of our women and children."
