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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Residents of Gaza, most of whom have been displaced from their homes, are turning to the sea for some solace, a brief escape from the horrors of more than eight months of war.
Yasmin Hamada came to the sea with her parents and sisters to have some fun.
“I am Yasmin Hamada and we are displaced from Gaza City to the south. We came to the sea today to swim and have fun with the kids. Our trip to the sea is a recreational journey to enjoy ourselves because the sea is our only escape with father and mother,” she said.
Sakib al-Ali has been displaced from Jabalia in the south for eight months. He came to the sea with his children, saying it is a place to ease some of their suffering.
“I came to the sea because it is extremely hot and there is not enough water to shower. We are suffering excessively where we are living. One must come to the sea to shower,” he told Rudaw on Friday.
The UN estimates 1.7 million people have been displaced in Gaza since the conflict began in October and 37,626 Palestinians have been killed, according to figures from Gaza’s health ministry.
Yasmin Hamada came to the sea with her parents and sisters to have some fun.
“I am Yasmin Hamada and we are displaced from Gaza City to the south. We came to the sea today to swim and have fun with the kids. Our trip to the sea is a recreational journey to enjoy ourselves because the sea is our only escape with father and mother,” she said.
Sakib al-Ali has been displaced from Jabalia in the south for eight months. He came to the sea with his children, saying it is a place to ease some of their suffering.
“I came to the sea because it is extremely hot and there is not enough water to shower. We are suffering excessively where we are living. One must come to the sea to shower,” he told Rudaw on Friday.
The UN estimates 1.7 million people have been displaced in Gaza since the conflict began in October and 37,626 Palestinians have been killed, according to figures from Gaza’s health ministry.
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