https://bbc.com/news/world-middle-east
Washing in polluted seawater, sleeping in packed tents, eating what little bread they can find, or on some days none at all. In southern Gaza, hundreds of thousands of refugees are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that is deepening by the hour and pushing every possible safety net to the brink.
The refugees are coming from Gaza's north, fleeing Israel's bombing campaign. They stream down the Salah al-Din road, which connects north to south, many thousands on foot, some with a few possessions but most bearing only their children and the clothes on their backs.
"If you want to speak about space, we sleep on our sides because there is not even enough room to lie on our backs," said Hassan Abu Rashed, a 29-year-old blacksmith who fled with his family from Jabalia in Gaza City.
"If you want to speak about food, we hope we will find a few slices of bread per day to eat. If you want to speak about health, the sewage system in the school is broken. If you want to speak about diseases, there is chickenpox, scabies, and lice here. If you want to speak about our condition, we are desperate."
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The massacre and genocide Israel is causing is inhumane.
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