A heavy rainstorm has worsened the difficulties of displaced Palestinians at a camp in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip.
The rainstorm swept across a coastal area west of Gaza City, where the camp is located.
The displaced Palestinians there are facing even more severe difficulties due to the fragile structure of their makeshift tents and the harsh weather conditions.
"We can't live like this, my children and I. We can't even light a fire to cook lentils, as you can see. Our clothes are soaked, and all my children are drenched. Our tent collapsed on us. We keep trying to fix it, but it's useless," said Asiya Al-Fayoumi, a displaced Palestinian at the camp.
"As you can see, the tent collapsed on us and water has leaked inside. I keep trying to drain the water away from my children and me, but it's coming in from everywhere. As you can see, all our clothes are soaked," said displaced Palestinian Mohammed Saadallah.
"Since the beginning of winter, we have been suffering in these tents. Water has flooded our shelter, and the storm is still ongoing. I don't know how we will manage in this weather," said Inam Salman, another displaced Palestinian at the camp.
Rainstorm worsens hardship for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City
Rainstorm worsens hardship for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City
Tokyo stocks rose Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index ending at a fresh record high, buoyed by optimism over a settlement in the Middle East conflict.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 1,654.93 points, or 2.68 percent, from Thursday at 63,339.07.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 38.65 points, or 1.00 percent, higher at 3,892.46.
"There was some optimistic trade around the latest U.S.-Iran talks, but this optimism seems to be based on the fact that things aren't getting drastically worse in the region rather than the situation improving significantly," Timothy Pope, a market analyst for China Global Television Network (CGTN), recapped the day's developments.
"This optimism was most strongly on display, I think, in Tokyo today, where the Nikkei rose 2.7 percent with hopes for some relief on oil prices and other currently scarce materials. It's not just oil that is not getting out of the region. As we know, it's other petrochemicals and things like helium as well. The general performance was pretty strong. Metals producers were doing fairly well in Tokyo, but in Japan as well, the market is very much focused on AI stocks. And today, the gains were strong for SoftBank -- it was up almost 12 percent after a bit of a battering earlier in the week. And that SoftBank gain contributed nearly a third to the Nikkei's overall gains on Friday," said Pope.
Tokyo stocks end higher as U.S.-Iran talks fuel cautious optimism
