Repeated displacement leaves Gaza shelters deteriorating ahead of winter: IOM

Repeated displacement during three years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has left shelters across the enclave increasingly deteriorated, while restrictions and funding shortages are hampering preparations for winter, a senior UN migration official said late Friday. Karl Baker, regional crisis coordinator for the Gaza response at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said some Palestinians have been displaced as many as eight times, damaging or destroying tents and other temporary shelters each time families are forced to move. “When they move, all those goods that they currently have or did have either get destroyed, or they have to seek new shelter,” Baker told UN News. Even basic materials such as tarpaulins need to be replaced roughly every six months, […]