The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has confirmed that there is no room in shelters to accommodate any more displaced people in the Gaza Strip, indicating that the humanitarian situation there is completely collapsed.
The UNRWA spokesperson, Adnan Abu Hasna, in a special statement to the “Al Arabiya Al Hadath” news channel on Tuesday, described the situation in Gaza as a “humanitarian tsunami.” He added that the suffering of the displaced will double with the coming of winter, exposing many tragedies due to the absence of basic life necessities.
Abu Hasna explained that each shelter is currently housing over 11,000 displaced persons, while it is only supposed to accommodate 2,000.
The Gaza war has seen a tragic loss of life. As of the latest reports, at least 18,205 people have been killed in Gaza, including at least 7,729 children and 5,153 women. Additionally, at least 49,645 people have been injured, with 8,663 children and 6,327 women among them. In the occupied West Bank, at least 279 people have been killed, including 63 children, and more than 3,365 have been injured. In Israel, the death toll is approximately 1,147, with at least 8,730 injured.
UNRWA previously reported that about 1.9 million people, or 85% of Gaza’s population, have been displaced, and its shelters are operating at four times over capacity. Over half of Gaza’s homes, totaling around 305,000 residential units, have been destroyed or damaged. Additionally, 339 educational facilities and 167 places of worship have been damaged, and 26 out of 35 hospitals are not functioning.
