Palestinians at UN camp say there is no water, bathroom lines take up to an hour

Speaking to the Kurdish Rudaw news outlet, Gazans say there are few comforts at a UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees camp in Khan Yunis.

“We stay inside the tents even though it is very hot during the day. And during the nighttime, we feel cold. We only have one mattress and we are forced to sleep on blankets on the floor,” Ghazal Obaid, a displaced child, tells Rudaw.

“We struggle when we need to go to the toilet,” she continues. “We must stand in long queues that sometimes take half an hour or an hour.”

Muhammad Obaid, Ghazal’s father, says the camp “does not have services such as a proper toilet or water. We are forced to buy bottles of water, having to wait in queues, not to mention that there is no [heating oil] at all.”

“Our situation is very grave. There is no water or electricity,” says Fatima Radwan. “We cannot do laundry… There are no places to take care of the ill people, children and the elderly.”

“Even going to the bathroom requires walking long distances and then waiting in long queues.”