(9 Jul 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - 8 July 2025
1. Various of Al-Najjar family using dry tree branches to light fires and cook their food
2. Various of displaced Palestinian, Abeer Al-Najjar, cooking zucchini on fire
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abeer Al-Najjar, displaced Palestinian: ++STARTS ON SHOT 1 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 4++
"It's a tragic life, no one can bear it. In addition to the war, there's the heat inside the tents and the lack of water. My husband and children stand in line to get some water every morning, and there are also problems that happen during that. And the amount of water isn’t sufficient. We fill two or three gallons and go again once or twice, and we also buy water. Oh God, let there be a truce, not one where they deceive us for a month or two and then return to do to us what they did before. No, we want a complete ceasefire, and for the Jews (Israelis) not to return to us again, ever. We want the crossings opened, and goods and food to enter, so we can eat and drink like before. They should not deceive us, we want a continuous truce, a complete ceasefire."
4. Various of Abeer cooking food on fire
5. Various of displaced people gathering around water truck to fill containers with water
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amani Abu Amr, displaced Palestinian: ++STARTS ON SHOT 5 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT
"We, the people of Gaza, have been in this situation for two years. Sometimes they tell us there's a truce, and other times there isn't. We expected many times that there would be a truce, but all in vain. The water issue is a big problem that many people suffer from. We wait for water every four days, or once a week, just to get some. My children have smallpox and diseases, and epidemics have increased (because of the lack of water)."
7. Various of displaced people gathering around water truck
8. Various of tents
STORYLINE:
As talks for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip resume, Palestinians in the battered enclave say they are desperate for deal to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
Abeer al-Najjar, who is staying with her family in a tent in the sprawling coastal Muwasi area, said it had been a struggle to secure sufficient food and water for her family, and that living displaced in a tent amidst the bombardments had been miserable.
"Oh God, let there be a truce, not one where they deceive us for a month or two and then return to do to us what they did before," she said as she cooked vegetables.
"We want a continuous truce, a complete ceasefire."
Amani Abu Amr said she had been waiting for a water truck to come every four days, and the lack of water had led to her children being dehydrated and dealing with skin conditions, especially in the summer heat.
She said she’s desperate for a ceasefire but she feared people in the Strip would be let down, as in previous rounds of talks.
"We expected many times that there would be a truce, but all in vain," she said.
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