Gaza’s Jabalia and Beit Hanoon declared ‘disaster areas’
Al Jazeera
Israel’s military has destroyed some 50,000 housing units and bulldozed drainage networks and roads in northern Gaza.
Palestinian municipal authorities have declared the cities of Jabalia and Beit Hanoon in the northern Gaza Strip “disaster areas”.
Naji Sarhan, head of the Municipal Emergency Committee, told a news conference on Sunday that Israeli forces have destroyed some 50,000 housing units and bulldozed drainage networks and roads in most municipalities in northern Gaza.
“The Jabalia refugee camp and Beit Hanoon town are now disaster areas,” he said.
Sarhan added that 35 water wells and several schools and facilities run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) have also been destroyed.
“The people of northern Gaza live in difficult humanitarian conditions with most residents lacking food, medicine and fuel,” he said.
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