(4 Jul 2025)
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Khan Younis – 2 July 2025
1. Various of young men running and jumping into the sea, during heatwave
2. Various of young men swimming, jumping in water
3. Various of Palestinians sitting on the beach during heatwave
4. Various of children swimming
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdel Rahman Abu Teir, displaced from east of Khan Younis:
"The tent is absolutely unbearable, it’s hot like a fire because of the high temperature. How can I describe to you what we are going through? I bring the children day after day to the get them into the sea because of the heat. And the children’s bodies are full of rashes because of the heat and the flies."
6. Various of families seeking relief from the heat along the beach
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Murad Qudeeh, displaced from east of Khan Younis:
"We are currently residing by the beach, as you can see, all the people are running away from the tents and staying by the sea. Even now if anyone wants to get some water for a shower, there is no good (clean) water to use in the bathroom, nor for drinking. They take a shower with the sea water and they go to sleep. After that, spots form on one’s skin."
8. Various of children swimming
9. Various of women sitting on the beach as the sun sets
10. Various of thousands of tents along the coast in Khan Younis
STORYLINE:
Children take a dip in the sea along Khan Younis beach in the Gaza Strip to get some relief from the scorching summer time heat.
Their parents meanwhile worry about dwindling water supplies and the breakout of skin diseases as basic supplies, including food, remain scarce.
With no electricity and the majority of Gaza’s population displaced in tented settlements along the coast, residents have little choice but to turn to the sea’s cool waters for brief respite.
"The tent is absolutely unbearable, it’s hot like a fire because of the high temperature," said Abdul Rahman Abu Teir, a father of nine.
He said they spend every day running into the water to escape the heat. But the children have also developed skin rashes, he added.
The heat in Gaza has intensified hardships for its 2 million residents.
Reduced water availability, crippled sanitation networks and shrinking living spaces threaten to cause illnesses to cascade through communities, aid groups have long warned.
The scorching summer coincides with a lack of clean water for the majority of Gaza’s population, most of whom are displaced.
Gaza resident, Murad Qudeeh, who was displaced from Khan Younis, said there is no clean water for showering, causing skin ailments to spread.
Many Palestinians in the enclave must walk long distances to fetch water and ration each drop, limiting their ability to wash and keep cool.
With fuel supplies short, only 40% of drinking water production facilities are functioning in the Gaza Strip, according to a recent report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. All face imminent collapse.
Up to 93% of households face water shortages, the June report said.
Production: Wafaa Shurafa
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