WorldViews: Heavy rains flood out the ruins of Gaza
Posted By admin on November 27, 2014
By Hazem Balousha November 27 at 12:17 PM GAZA CITY -- It has been raining hard for a week in the coastal enclave -- a blessing for farmers and parched aquifers, but a curse for those who lost their homes in the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas. With 100,000 housing units partially damaged or destroyed, according to the United Nations, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are still sleeping in classrooms and sheltering in the ruins of their gutted houses and apartment buildings. Samira Shamali, 34, noticed a journalist Thursday trying to take photographs, and called out, "Look! Our life has become miserable! She said, I used to love the winter season when my family would gather indoors and share food and have fun, but all of this is gone, we are busy now of covering the house of plastic and curse the winter and the rain.
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WorldViews: Heavy rains flood out the ruins of Gaza
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