A video posted by PCAS, the Popular Committee Against the Siege, sends out a strong message to the world: “After seven months since Gaza was under attack, Gaza is now under the rubble.” A student at the Islamic University of Gaza, Shaima Zara, stands amid the empty shells of houses and buildings in what was, before last summer, “one of the liveliest places in Gaza”. Where children had once laughed and played, now there is nothing but hollow stone structures. “We are here today to tell you and remind you that there are still people living on the ruins and rubble of their houses and cannot find shelters,” says Shaima. “Gaza is still suffering from a catastrophe that is way more severe and grave than 51 days of war.” She mentions the stifling effect the siege has had on the reconstruction of Gaza, saying that any cement and building materials that do get in are simply not enough for the scope of destruction that lies before Gaza’s residents. “If a family needs 100 tonnes of cement…they would get one or two tonnes if any.” Like in the Yarmouk refugee…
250,000 Palestinians Are Still Homeless And “Living Under The Rubble” In Gaza
April 8, 2015
