(30 Apr 2024)
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Muwasi camp, Gaza Strip - 30 April 2024
1. Wide of coastal tent camp of Muwasi in southwest Gaza
2. Various of displaced people gathering to receive water from tank
3. Various of people gathering near sea to receive water from tank on vehicle
4. Wide of camp
STORYLINE:
Dozens of Palestinians gathered to receive water in Gaza's makeshift tent camp of Muwasi, which became home to hundreds of thousands who fled from the northern region of the enclave when the Israeli military operation began in October.

After waves of displaced Palestinians fled from Israeli airstrikes seeking shelter and humanitarian supplies, in the camp, they have been living in squalid conditions in scattered farm fields and waterlogged dirt roads.

The United Nations and relief groups say Muwasi -which Israel has designated a safe zone- is a poorly planned attempt to impose a solution for people who have been displaced, and they are dubious of the safety guarantee, since Israeli airstrikes have targeted other areas where the army ordered people to go.

Aid has been slow to get into Gaza, with long backups of trucks awaiting Israeli inspections. The U.S. and other nations also have used air drops to send food into Gaza. 

Aid organizations have said several hundred trucks are needed to enter Gaza every day.

In the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which killed 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage, Israel cut off or heavily restricted food, water, medicine, electricity and other aid from entering the Gaza Strip.

Under pressure from the U.S. and others, Israel says the situation is improving, though United Nations agencies have said much more aid needs to enter.

Gaza, slightly more than twice the size of the city of Washington and home to 2.3 million people, has found itself on the brink of famine.

More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli military offensive, local health authorities say.

AP video shot by Mohammad Jahjouh


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