USA Today ran a story and a visualization on the damage and death caused by the conflict. CARE is one of the aid agencies quoted in this article.
Excerpt from the article:
Beckie Ryan is the Gaza response director for CARE, an aid group that runs a health clinic in Deir Al-Balah. She said that as the war in Gaza enters its third winter, there are few signs conditions will improve for Gaza’s civilians even with a ceasefire.
CARE’s clinic can treat 200 people a day, but an estimated 400 people a day show up. There is still virtually no meat of any kind available for purchase in the markets. It can cost up to $40 for a few pounds of onions; a tent can cost $1,500. October begins the third year that children have no access to schools.
“We can see a shift in people’s mental attitudes,” Ryan said. “Before, the war was intensive and difficult and really heartbreaking. Now, there’s just a lack of hope and energy. We’re looking at generations of traumatized people.”
Read the full article here.