Published : 02-01-2018
During 2017, Deraa camp for Palestinian refugees has been subjected to continuous artillery and aerial bombardments, performed by the military aircrafts of the Syrian regime forces since the start of the fierce campaign targeting the neighborhoods under the control of the armed Syrian opposition in Deraa city.
The regime forces targeted the camp and its surrounding areas with all types of lethal and internationally prohibited weapons such as; napalm, cluster bombs and explosive barrels, resulting in great destruction to the buildings which has 80% of the houses and people’s private properties. In addition, 375 Palestinian refugees living in Deraa city have died since the beginning of the conflict in Syria. A number of international facilities in the camp, belonging to UNRWA have been destroyed. Most of the camp’s residents have fled it, due to the continued targeting of it.
The Free Deraa Governorate Council issued a press release on 13th of August 2017, in which it announced that Deraa city is a disaster area. According to the statement, the cities of Al-Yadudah - Al-Naimah - Om El-miathin - Deraa - Sad Road neighborhood and Deraa camp) are disaster areas, due to the systematic and intensive bombardments by the regime's forces and its affiliated militias, on these towns. As a result, the infrastructure of Deraa and its neighborhoods has been destroyed, and its field hospitals have gone out of service.
UNRWA said that the escalation of violence in the governorate of Daraa, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, between the sides of conflict in the region, is causing the Palestine refugees to flee the area and obstructing the humanitarian access to critical aid, as well as leading to deaths among the Palestinian refugees during the year 2017.
The remaining residents of Deraa camp have called on the relief institutions, the parties of conflict, UNRWA and the Palestine Liberation Organization, to intervene in order to secure a safe shelter for them, amid the violent bombardments with explosive barrels, rockets and mortar shells that are targeting the cmap and its neighboring areas.
The camp’s residents demanded the opening of safe corridors for women, children and the elderly, and the working towards allowing the exit of the wounded and the chronic disease cases as soon as possible.
The residents also called on the PLO and the Palestinian factions to works towards relieving the suffering of the people in the camp, since they are complaining of the water and electricity cuts, the lack of food sources and its high prices, as well as the extreme shortage of medical services.
The residents are still suffering of the total water cuts across the camp, since April 2014, forcing them to use artesian wells to try to secure some water for their children. Despite the pollutants it may contain and the long distances they walk in order to fetch drinking water, putting their lives in danger because of the widespread of snipers on the buildings overlooking the camp, this is the only option they have.
During 2017, Deraa camp for Palestinian refugees has been subjected to continuous artillery and aerial bombardments, performed by the military aircrafts of the Syrian regime forces since the start of the fierce campaign targeting the neighborhoods under the control of the armed Syrian opposition in Deraa city.
The regime forces targeted the camp and its surrounding areas with all types of lethal and internationally prohibited weapons such as; napalm, cluster bombs and explosive barrels, resulting in great destruction to the buildings which has 80% of the houses and people’s private properties. In addition, 375 Palestinian refugees living in Deraa city have died since the beginning of the conflict in Syria. A number of international facilities in the camp, belonging to UNRWA have been destroyed. Most of the camp’s residents have fled it, due to the continued targeting of it.
The Free Deraa Governorate Council issued a press release on 13th of August 2017, in which it announced that Deraa city is a disaster area. According to the statement, the cities of Al-Yadudah - Al-Naimah - Om El-miathin - Deraa - Sad Road neighborhood and Deraa camp) are disaster areas, due to the systematic and intensive bombardments by the regime's forces and its affiliated militias, on these towns. As a result, the infrastructure of Deraa and its neighborhoods has been destroyed, and its field hospitals have gone out of service.
UNRWA said that the escalation of violence in the governorate of Daraa, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, between the sides of conflict in the region, is causing the Palestine refugees to flee the area and obstructing the humanitarian access to critical aid, as well as leading to deaths among the Palestinian refugees during the year 2017.
The remaining residents of Deraa camp have called on the relief institutions, the parties of conflict, UNRWA and the Palestine Liberation Organization, to intervene in order to secure a safe shelter for them, amid the violent bombardments with explosive barrels, rockets and mortar shells that are targeting the cmap and its neighboring areas.
The camp’s residents demanded the opening of safe corridors for women, children and the elderly, and the working towards allowing the exit of the wounded and the chronic disease cases as soon as possible.
The residents also called on the PLO and the Palestinian factions to works towards relieving the suffering of the people in the camp, since they are complaining of the water and electricity cuts, the lack of food sources and its high prices, as well as the extreme shortage of medical services.
The residents are still suffering of the total water cuts across the camp, since April 2014, forcing them to use artesian wells to try to secure some water for their children. Despite the pollutants it may contain and the long distances they walk in order to fetch drinking water, putting their lives in danger because of the widespread of snipers on the buildings overlooking the camp, this is the only option they have.
