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Life in Gaza: ‘We wake up to terrifying sonic booms and try to sleep while Israelis are shelling’
Last week, the United Nations warned that a
blockade on the Gaza Strip imposed by Israel and Egypt was making Gaza
‘uninhabitable’. The following is a personal account of what life is
like for one resident, Sally Idwedar, in Gaza City
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| Palestinian workers in Gaza City use a donkey cart to collect the piles of rubbish due to the severe fuel shortage |
Sunday 01 December 2013
"...Two weeks ago the sewage pumping stations stopped working in many
areas – they simply did not have the fuel to work. Raw sewage leaks into
the streets. Fathers carry their children to get to school and most
cars won’t venture into it. The sludge reeks and brings mosquitoes in
swarms.
There is fear it will end up in the water supply as well.
The Al-Shati refugee camp, also known as Beach camp, has reported foul
smelling and discoloured water this week and many have fallen ill with
stomach maladies already. My area has been lucky so far, no sewage in
the streets but unfortunately we don’t have any water at all.
As I
write this we are beginning the fourth day with dry taps. With the
erratic electricity schedule the water pumping station is rarely working
when my building has electricity so even when there is water in the
lines there is no way to get it up to the flats. Before the fuel crisis
we only received water from the municipal lines three or four times a
week, now it is half of that if we are lucky. We fill old bottles when
we do have water.
This is life in Gaza now: a constant struggle to
find the bare necessities. Gaza life is about always being prepared for
the worst case scenario because normally that is what happens. It has
been a year since the last major Israeli aggression here and we are
trying to pick up the pieces. Constructions materials are now refused
entry so repairs have ground to a halt..."
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