Inside Gaza’s tent cities without a single proper toilet: ‘it’s humiliating’
In their bare-bones tent in southern Gaza, Mostafa Shaaban built his family’s makeshift toilet behind a curtain in a corner. He dug a shallow pit in the sandy soil, poured a concrete slab around it, fixed a bottomless bucket over the hole, then topped it off with a battered, plastic toilet seat. It reeks with a foul odour and buzzes with flies and mosquitoes only a few feet from where they sleep and prepare meals. Every week, Shaaban has to dig the sewage sludge out of the pi
Displaced families in Gaza are living in dire conditions within tent cities, facing severe sanitation challenges. Many lack access to basic facilities like proper toilets, resorting to makeshift solutions that pose health and dignity risks. These improvised latrines, often just shallow pits near living spaces, are breeding grounds for insects and emit foul odors. Residents are forced to manually clear sewage regularly, highlighting the extreme hardship and unsanitary environments they endure.
The lack of basic sanitation in Gaza's tent cities poses a significant public health crisis and underscores the devastating humanitarian impact of the ongoing conflict on civilian populations.
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