Gaza: 35,000 People in Every Square Kilometer

CROSSFIREARABIA – The Palestinian Statistical Dept stated, Thursday, that the population density in the Gaza Strip is unprecedented with 35,000 people living in one square kilometer. These statistics were made on the occasion of the World Population Day which falls on 11 July of every year. The Department stated the situation in Gaza is difficult as around 2 million people live in a tight area that doesn’t exceed 36 percent of the original area of the enclave put at 365 square kilometers. The genocidal war on Gaza that began soon after 7 October, 2023 has resulted in the killing of more than 73,000 Palestinian and the injury of 173,000 with 90 percent of the infrastructure destroyed.  It also pointed out that the Israel war has created deep social disruptions as 58,000 children have lost one or more of their parents or both with the total number of widows exceeding 47,000.  

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    Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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    CROSSFIREARABIA – This time there is no commentary from Ibrahim Isam like he usually provides

    However Maryanne Sanders wrote on his page:

    This is a truly real photo Ibrahim. It shows us your daily reality – the tents, the density of people. Where is the personal escape? Maybe the sea. May normality return soon.

    Another, Kholoud Hamatto said:

    Usually, summer is a time to enjoy the sea and sunshine and create beautiful memories… Yet our people are forced to live in tents on the beach, deprived of the most basic necessities of human life, privacy, and dignity.

    How can a place meant for joy and respite become a shelter? Hasn’t the time come for these chapters of our Nakba to end, and for our people to reclaim their right to a safe, dignified, and humane life?

    Bernadette Dunn lamented:

    At a quick first glance of the Gaza shoreline it almost appears as a type of festive gathering with lots of people and a rainbow of colorful tents.

    Once one picks up the phone to see the real picture it becomes all too clear that this scene is anything but festive.

    I have no words except to express my sorrow and shame that this is the reality of the lives of Gaza and it’s people today.

    I’m sorry you all are living this nightmare while the 🌎 stands by and does nothing.

    I’m ashamed to be witness to this. I’m ashamed that my country (USA) is so involved in causing and perpetuating the suffering of the Palestinians and the destruction of your homeland.

    I pray 🙏🏼 for change to come fast.

    I pray that the world’s “leaders” will come to it’s or our senses and STOP this genocide.

    A third year of this insane genocide will begin in less than one month as innocent people continue to be slaughtered and what little remains of the infrastructure of Gaza is bombed, burned and bulldozed down.

    Dear God 🙏🏼before another funeral or another child dies by a sniper’s bullet before she attends her first day of school make this travesty end. Gaza deserves to live.

    Let the healing begin

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