Gazanalysis: OCHA oPt Humanitarian Update: Winter Storm Developments

Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that, as of Thursday evening, 48 people had been injured in incidents related to the ongoing storm, 10 of whom remain hospitalized. Flooding has occurred in many parts of the Gaza Strip and more floods are expected due to the lack of pumps to remove water. The flooding is a direct impact of the water infrastructure being non-operational and stretched beyond its capacity. Due to the ongoing energy crisis, the 291 water and sewage treatment installations have been largely non-operational, and storm water ponds were already filled with sewage prior to the storm. In several places, sewage is mixed with flood water.

Full Report - 5 pages
http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_14_12_2013_humanitarian_update_english.pdf

OCHA oPt Situation Report - 7 pages
http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_15_12_2013_sitrep_english.pdf

Families seek refuge in school as flooded Gaza turns into “disaster area”
http://electronicintifada.net/content/families-seek-refuge-school-flooded-gaza-turns-disaster-area/13004

Freezing and canoeing in Gaza
http://mondoweiss.net/2013/12/freezing-canoeing-gaza.html

Gaza flooding, blockade-manufactured crises
http://ingaza.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/gaza-flooding-blockade-manufactured-crises/

Gaza’s Paralysis of Lines
http://www.wrmea.org/wrmea-archives/553-washington-report-archives-2011-2015/current-issue/12273-gaza-on-the-ground-gaza-s-paralysis-of-lines.html

Israel 'opens dams' flooding Gaza Strip near Deir al Balah

Storm batters struggling Gaza Strip

Thousands in Gaza shelters as blackouts cripple emergency response

UNRWA calls Gaza 'disaster area,' pleads for end to Israeli blockade