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Burning rubbish compounds Gaza's mounting crisis
Looks like Hamas got it all under control...Gaza Ma'an Gaza's municipality workers have been striking for two weeks in protest against the non-receipt of their salaries. In consequence, rubbish is piled high in the streets. On Friday, the Gazan population began to burn their rubbish. Suha Arafat got paid last week. Did you? Local residents of Gaza complained of rubbish blockading the homes of people all over the strip. Now the thick smoke from the rubbish is blacking-out the sky. Might be a good time for a sewage flood... In addition, Gaza is at threat from Israeli attacks and is experiencing frequent electricity outages. Geez, everything happens to them... A woman in Gaza, Om Abdullah, described the stench created by the burning rubbish around her home last night, "this pollution is making my children sick," she said. "My youngest children were sent to the children's clinic several times as their chests inflamed from the smoke." She also said that her family are also suffering from water shortages. Ismail Haniyeh feels your pain I'm sure... A Gazan supermarket owner, Abu Muhammad, said "life in Gaza during this summer was almost impossible due to blackouts for several days, and in my home there was not even a drop of water." A young man, Wisam, said "human beings cannot spend hours in this heat without even taking one shower a day." Awwwwwww, that's...too bad. Ma'an attempted to speak to paediatricians in Gaza to find out the impact of the burning rubbish on children's health. The doctors apologized and said they were unavailable for interview due to an overwhelming number of patients needing treatment. So I guess from this we could imply that sucking in trash fire smoke can't be good for kids? Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-24 |
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