{"id":308117,"date":"2025-11-24T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=308117"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:45:10","slug":"gaza-displaced-palestinians-dealing-with-the-death-of-dignity-warns-unicef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/11\/gaza-displaced-palestinians-dealing-with-the-death-of-dignity-warns-unicef\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza: Displaced Palestinians Dealing with the \u2018Death of Dignity\u2019, Warns UNICEF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_308118\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-8.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308118\" class=\"wp-image-308118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-8-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-8-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-8-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-8-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-8.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-308118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washing is hung up to dry in a damaged home in Gaza City.<br \/>\u00a9 WFP\/Maxime Le Lijour<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>19 Nov 2025 &#8211; <em><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Living conditions for Gazans \u2013 particularly children \u2013 are still dire as temperatures drop and families return to bombed-out homes as the fragile ceasefire holds, UN aid workers said today.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"block-views-block-content-fields-block-body\" class=\"views-element-container block block-views block-views-block-content-fields-block-body\">\n<div class=\"block-content block__content\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"view view-content-fields view-id-content_fields view-display-id-block_body js-view-dom-id-e6233d862c841690b1ed3c605ec5856334a5f1fb737a4acb70e0e4c4cd46939b\">\n<div class=\"view-content\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-news-story\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--one-column-text paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"_none\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"layout row layout-builder__layout\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"_none block block-layout-builder block-field-block-paragraph-one-column-text-field-text-column\">\n<div class=\"block-content block__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text-column field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Children\u2019s Fund, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\" class=\"ext\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">UNICEF<\/a>, highlighted the case of six-year-old twins Yahya and Nabeela who were critically injured by an unexploded remnant of war in the north of the wartorn enclave.<\/p>\n<p>They are receiving mental health support from the agency and tarpaulins to protect them from the cold.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it hasn\u2019t rained for a few days, the many families who live in tents are still struggling to recover from the sudden and heavy downpours at the weekend.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Degraded and afraid<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Tess Ingram with UNICEF in Gaza\u00a0described the plight of one displaced family whose tent was flooded. Wafa is a mother of five who was in tears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said there were times that she wished that she was in the house in her family home with the children when it was bombed,\u201d said Ms. Ingram, who added that Wafa had referred to \u201cthe death of dignity that they have experienced in recent days.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"context-un_news_large_credit type-soundcloud media media--type-soundcloud media--view-mode-un-news-large-credit\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media-soundcloud field--type-string field--label-visually_hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__label visually-hidden\">\n<div class=\"context-un_news_large_credit type-soundcloud media media--type-soundcloud media--view-mode-un-news-large-credit\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media-soundcloud field--type-string field--label-visually_hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__item\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"media:soundcloud:2e43ddb1-e8d9-41d6-ab34-2cadbf414505\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2215365215&amp;visual=&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;show_playcount=false&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;download=false&amp;buying=false&amp;sharing=false&amp;show_teaser=false&amp;single_active=true&amp;color=%23ff5500\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ms. Ingram said that an estimated 18,000 households were affected across more than 100 sites by the recent rains, but that many more families were likely impacted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Winter needs outpace aid amid sanitation crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"align-right context-un_news_large_credit type-twitter media media--type-twitter media--view-mode-un-news-large-credit\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media-twitter field--type-string field--label-visually_hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__label visually-hidden\">\n<div class=\"align-right context-un_news_large_credit type-twitter media media--type-twitter media--view-mode-un-news-large-credit\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media-twitter field--type-string field--label-visually_hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=UN_News_Centre&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1991143958110491017&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.un.org%2Fen%2Fstory%2F2025%2F11%2F1166406&amp;sessionId=81151c80912efbd2ea35717c2ccf8ca08fd4529f&amp;siteScreenName=UN_News_Centre&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1991143958110491017\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With winter approaching, UN humanitarian partners warn that shelter supplies entering Gaza remain far below what is needed. Fewer than 60,000 tents and just over 300,000 tarpaulins and bedding items have entered since early September, after a six-month ban was lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>The volume of items going in is simply not enough<\/strong>,\u201d UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric said on Wednesday at the daily briefing in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Child-protection partners have distributed 48,000 winter clothing kits since the ceasefire, offering some relief to families trying to keep children warm.<\/p>\n<p>Water and sanitation teams have reached around 400,000 people in the past two days with diapers, towels, jerry cans and other essential hygiene supplies.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sanitation system in ruins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>With Gaza\u2019s wastewater treatment system effectively destroyed, <strong>partners describe sanitation across the Strip as \u201cdeplorable\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In northern Gaza, the Sheikh Radwan ponds are again at risk of overflowing, forcing emergency measures to drain sewage into the sea. Public health risks are rising, including the <strong>spread of bacterial infections linked to contaminated water and waste<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Nutrition partners report a slight fall in malnutrition cases in October, though admissions remain nearly four times higher than during the previous ceasefire in January.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/11\/1166406\" >Go to Original &#8211; news.un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">JOIN THE BDS-BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, SANCTIONS CAMPAIGN TO PROTEST THE ISRAELI BARBARIC GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS IN GAZA.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>DON&#8217;T BUY PRODUCTS WHOSE BARCODE STARTS WITH <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>729, WHICH INDICATES THAT THEY ARE PRODUCED IN ISRAEL. DO YOUR PART! MAKE A DIFFERENCE!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>7 2 9: BOYCOTT FOR HUMAN JUSTICE!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19 Nov 2025 &#8211; Living conditions for Gazans \u2013 particularly children \u2013 are still dire as temperatures drop and families return to bombed-out homes as the fragile ceasefire holds, UN aid workers said today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":308118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[554,1169,87,865,88,427,2418,124,70,2423],"class_list":["post-308117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-nations","tag-children","tag-death","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-israel","tag-palestine","tag-palestinian-rights","tag-united-nations","tag-usa","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308126,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308117\/revisions\/308126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}