100,000 Remain Homeless in Gaza

Samera Baalusha (34) and two children at the funeral for five of her other children, killed in a Dec. 29 missile strike. © Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (flickr)

Samera Baalusha (34) and two children at the funeral for five of her other children, killed in a Dec. 29 missile strike. © Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (flickr)

OneWorld US, ActionAid, Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, Save the Children UK

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (OneWorld.net) – At least 100,000 people remain homeless one month after the ceasefire in Gaza, with many living in squalid conditions without access to clean water and toilets.

Thousands of Palestinians now reside in makeshift “tent cities” that have sprung up in place of demolished neighborhoods, while tens of thousands more have been forced to move into cramped living quarters with family and friends, says Save the Children UK. More than half of the 100,000 people that have lost their homes are children, adds the international charity.

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