Published : 17-12-2014
The second anniversary of the massacre of Abdul Qader Al-Husseini Mosque passes amid the continued suffering of the people of the Yarmouk camp. This massacre “that occurred because of the raids bombing to the Mosque of Abdul-Qader al-Husseini and Al-Fallujah school on 16th of December 2012, formed a catastrophe which caused dozens of casualties from the camp’s residents. It also formed a critical stage in the history of Diaspora. Accordingly, the displacement and suffering have begun for thousands of families who were displaced from the Yarmouk asking for security and safety . Despite the two-year anniversary of the massacre, the crises facing the people of Yarmouk are still continue, in addition to the siege imposed by the regular army and PFGC groups for 528 days resulting in 157 victims because of the malnutrition and lack of medical care, as power cut continue for 610 days including 99 days without water.
According to the documented names Statistics of the AGPS, 1003 Palestinian refugees were killed in Yarmouk camp, including 157 refugees were killed because of siege imposed by the regular army and PFGC groups. The heavy shelling, clashes and torture to death in prisons were the main reasons that led to the occurrence of too many victims.
A complete siege was imposed on the people of the Yarmouk refugee camp on 18/07/2013 and from then people were not allowed to enter nor exit to and from the camp. Moreover, the entry of food, medicines, fuel and flour were not allowed , which caused a humanitarian disaster. This forced the mosque’ preacher to allow people to eat the flesh of cats, dogs and donkeys to preserve the lives of Yarmouk residents. There’s actually initiatives and appeals appeared to lift the siege on the Yarmouk, but that all still remained on papers.
In the same context, the suffering of water shortage in Yarmouk camp began to Worsen during the last quarter of 2014, due to the suspension of feeding the camp with water over the water network coming from neighboring areas since 9th of September 2014, making the camp healed to a new humanitarian disaster, particularly that the water crisis began with the beginning of summer, led to the spread of diseases. So people were forced to spend many hours waiting to get some liters of water from the neighboring areas, where they forced to risk their lives for the sake of securing water for their children.
The second anniversary of the massacre of Abdul Qader Al-Husseini Mosque passes amid the continued suffering of the people of the Yarmouk camp. This massacre “that occurred because of the raids bombing to the Mosque of Abdul-Qader al-Husseini and Al-Fallujah school on 16th of December 2012, formed a catastrophe which caused dozens of casualties from the camp’s residents. It also formed a critical stage in the history of Diaspora. Accordingly, the displacement and suffering have begun for thousands of families who were displaced from the Yarmouk asking for security and safety . Despite the two-year anniversary of the massacre, the crises facing the people of Yarmouk are still continue, in addition to the siege imposed by the regular army and PFGC groups for 528 days resulting in 157 victims because of the malnutrition and lack of medical care, as power cut continue for 610 days including 99 days without water.
According to the documented names Statistics of the AGPS, 1003 Palestinian refugees were killed in Yarmouk camp, including 157 refugees were killed because of siege imposed by the regular army and PFGC groups. The heavy shelling, clashes and torture to death in prisons were the main reasons that led to the occurrence of too many victims.
A complete siege was imposed on the people of the Yarmouk refugee camp on 18/07/2013 and from then people were not allowed to enter nor exit to and from the camp. Moreover, the entry of food, medicines, fuel and flour were not allowed , which caused a humanitarian disaster. This forced the mosque’ preacher to allow people to eat the flesh of cats, dogs and donkeys to preserve the lives of Yarmouk residents. There’s actually initiatives and appeals appeared to lift the siege on the Yarmouk, but that all still remained on papers.
In the same context, the suffering of water shortage in Yarmouk camp began to Worsen during the last quarter of 2014, due to the suspension of feeding the camp with water over the water network coming from neighboring areas since 9th of September 2014, making the camp healed to a new humanitarian disaster, particularly that the water crisis began with the beginning of summer, led to the spread of diseases. So people were forced to spend many hours waiting to get some liters of water from the neighboring areas, where they forced to risk their lives for the sake of securing water for their children.
