(25 Dec 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip - 23 December 2023
1. Various of barefoot children standing near their family tents inside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital
2. Various of barefoot girl playing in the sand outside her family's tent
3. Woman carrying a barefoot baby girl
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Alia Al-Samoni, displaced from Gaza City:
"Our lives now are very tragic. The bitter cold is approaching. I brought with me summer clothes for my children. There are no clothes or anything for the children to wear, and when I go to the market to search and I do not find anything, even used clothes are not available."
5. Various of boy organising used shoes on the sidewalk
6. Various of people buying used clothes displayed on the sidewalk
7. Various of used clothes and shoes for sale
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip - 24 December 2023
8. Various of people gathering outside a used clothing store
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Moneir Khweter, displaced from Gaza City:
"The occupation imposed forced displacement on us, and we left our entire homes and our property. Today we and our children live in tents made of nylon. We live honourably in our homes, but today we have become humiliated, living in the streets. We pick up old clothes to clothe our children and protect them from the cold of winter. We do not know what to do with this situation, and how long this situation will continue and how long will this siege will continue?"
10. Various of people choosing clothes to buy from a used clothing store
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Manaia, owner of shop selling used clothes:
"Before the war, there was demand, but not as it is now. Because of the war and the people who were displaced from Gaza, Deir al-Balah is overcrowded, and this crowding forced people to have a greater demand for used clothing stores than for new clothing stores, because people have no money, and they only received salaries once during three months of the war. They received salaries once, and their situation is bad.”
12. Various of people choose clothes from a used clothing store
STORYLINE:
Winter has arrived in Deir al-Balah, and many parents are unable to find clothes or shoes for their young children in besieged Gaza.
The war, which began in early October, has greatly limited the number of clothing items able to enter the country, as temperatures begin to plummet.
Alia Al-Samoni, a displaced 21-year-old mother of three children, said that when she goes to the market in Deir Al-Balah there are no winter clothes available.
After the war erupted on Oct. 7, Israel sealed off the besieged enclave. Weeks later, the first aid convoys were allowed to enter.
Winter clothes have been in short supply, with wind and rain now lashing the territory. About 1.9 million people have been displaced by the conflict, with many now forced into living in tents
According to local shopkeepers there is huge demand for used clothing but little money to pay for it.
“We live in the streets, picking up old clothes to protect our children from the cold of winter,” Moneir Khweter, another displaced Palestinian, said.
AP video shot by Abd Al Kareem Hana, production by Wafaa Shurafa
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