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For 15 months in a row, displacedÌýPalestinian residentsÌýof Gaza are struggling against harsh living conditions, particular with the harsh onset of winter, amidÌýa relentless Israeli genocide.Ìý

Speaking to °®Âþµº, displaced Palestinians described their immense suffering from the lack of all necessities of life, such as sufficient protection from the rainwater that floods their tents, or the illnesses emerging, or the general impacts of displacement into the unknown.

On the beach of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip, Huda Al-Farra races against time to collect what is left of her belongings and move them to another place she found after long, exhausting hours of searching.

Like most displaced people living in tents around her, the rain flooded Al-Farra's tent, forcing her to stay awake all night with her children.

"We live in harsh cold, with no heating and no clothes. Food is difficult to obtain," the 42-year-old mother of four remarked to °®Âþµº.Ìý

In addition to their challenges, Huda and her four children has managing severe influenza due to the cold weather. "We can’t find the necessary medicine or clothes [...] Now I have to move our tent to another place," she said.

Huda fears that the new site she's moving to will be targeted by the Israeli army, "because there is no safe place in Gaza," she grimly remarked.

Huda left her home in Gaza City about 14 months ago after the Israeli army forced her to evacuate. Since then, she's moved between several displacement camps, hoping to find safety for her children. "No one feels for us, no one cares about us, and we don’t know our fate either," she added.Ìý

Jalal Abu Shawish, another displaced man in the city of Deir al-Balah, struggles to cope with the harshness of repeated forced displacement.Ìý Abu Shawish, 55, told TNA, "Not even in my nightmares did I think I would reach such a dire situation or live such a life."Ìý

"If we escape death, we will not escape displacement, disease, or hunger [...] I tell the world that what we are suffering is enough, and we want them to convey our voice to their governments in order to force Israel to stop the war," he said.Ìý

"Every time we try to settle in a place, we are forced to flee again because of the bombing. Today, the rain and cold doubled our suffering. We do not know where to go," he continued.ÌýÌý

Increase in pneumonia and influenza

At least 1,542 tents housing displaced people in displacement camps and shelters in areas of the Strip were flooded by heavy rains that fell this week, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence Authority in Gaza. Ìý

Mahmoud Basal, the civil defence spokesman, said that rescue teams monitored hundreds of tents that were flooded by rainwater at a level exceeding 30 cm.Ìý

"We are witnessing an increase in cases of pneumonia and influenza due to lack of heating and malnutrition. Children are the most affected," Iyad Al-Sabaa, a paediatrician working in a temporary field hospital in Khan Younis, told TNA.Ìý

"Making matters worse is the continued mass displacement due to Israeli airstrikes and evacuation orders in various areas of the Strip," he stressed.Ìý

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 1.6 million people are living in temporary shelters due to the war, including about half a million who live in areas exposed to flooding risks and are in dire need of adequate shelter.

Crowding in shelters and camps has exacerbated health conditions. International organisations have repeatedly issued warnings of an imminent humanitarian disaster if the shortage of medicines and medical supplies continues, in light of the siege imposed on the Strip and the prevention of the entry of humanitarian aid.

This came amid the indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel, have reportedly stalled.ÌýHowever, a senior official of Hamas, who preferred not to mention his name, told TNA that Hamas is ready to reach an agreement with Israel once it gets rid of its latest "controversial" conditions.Ìý

Over the past few days, Israel and Hamas exchanged accusations, blaming the other for delays in reaching a Gaza ceasefire deal.

For it's part, Hamas said the talks in Doha, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, were "progressing seriously." But, it accused Israel of introducing "new conditions related to the issues of the withdrawal [from Gaza], the ceasefire, the prisoners, and the return of the displaced people."ÌýThese conditions, Hamas argued, caused "the delay in reaching an agreement that was within reach."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office released a statement denying Hamas's accusations.ÌýThe statement claimed Hamas had backtracked on understandings already reached and was "hindering the negotiations".Ìý