STORY: Winter exacerbates displaced Gazans' life amid Hamas-Israel conflict
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 13, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 14, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:02
LOCATION: Gaza
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of refugee camps in Gaza
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-HAJJAR, Displaced man in Gaza
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SAMIH ABDUL HADI, Displaced man in Gaza

STORYLINE:

For displaced Gazans, winter has exacerbated their sufferings. Speaking to Xinhua, many said their tents can neither protect them from the cold weather nor the Israeli airstrikes.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-HAJJAR, Displaced man in Gaza
"Last night, I was sleeping when the rainwater leaked into my tent. I ran to the corridors between the tents and also the rainwater caught us. You can see how my daughter became sick because of the cold."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SAMIH ABDUL HADI, Displaced man in Gaza
"The cold would kill all of us as the rainwater soaked our places. For more than a week, I have appealed to all the organizations to give me a tent to live inside and protect my family from the cold weather."

According to the United Nations (UN), approximately 1.9 million people in Gaza, or 85 percent of its population, have been internally displaced, some of whom have been displaced for multiple times.

Nearly 1.3 million of the displaced have been registered in 154 facilities of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees across the enclave, including more than 1.1 million in the agency's 97 shelters in central and southern Gaza.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Gaza.
(XHTV)