'Your mind can't even process that it's real to see that much devastation in front of you.'

- UNRWA's Louise Wateridge talks about the destruction and fear she is witnessing in Gaza. news.un.org/en/interview/2…

Scenes from Bureij Camp middle #Gaza today.

Alarming concern over hygiene & sanitation as we move into summer - yet an @unrwa sanitation truck lies blasted into a wall.

Waste keeps piling up, increasing spread of diseases - but necessary machinery is totally destroyed.

“UNRWA is not only the backbone of the humanitarian operation in the📍 #GazaStrip but also the glue that holds it together”

Louise Wateridge explains to Al Jazeera English: Nothing would be delivered or provided without the coordination of our #UNRWA colleagues here.
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In Gaza City, everything is ‘just completely flattened’, says UNRWA Communications Officer Louise Wateridge who recently returned there for the first time since the war began.
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“Entire rooms burnt out, belongings scattered everywhere… Graves of children in the yard read 'Your sister misses you'' Louise Wateridge

Children’s shoes left behind illustrate chaos of fleeing Khan Younis ⬇️
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📍 #Gaza there have been over 360 attacks on UNRWA premises since the beginning of the war.

It is critical our water well in Khan Younis is restored to provide urgent water for people here - but it will take a long time for UNRWA & UNMAS to clear explosive remnants of war.

Children’s shoes left behind illustrate chaos of fleeing Khan Younis : UN humanitarians

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'There are unmarked graves... our colleagues buried these bodies here' Louise Wateridge

UNRWA Khan Younis Training Centre was sheltering thousands of people when hit by direct fire & besieged; including tank fire without warning

Many were killed & injured sheltering under @UN flag

.UNRWA Comms Officer Louise Wateridge describes a haunting experience of being back in Gaza after a four-year hiatus, capturing the chaos of Gaza through her mobile phone.
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'يا مروة، أختك تحبك وتفتقدك'

رسالة كتبت على حائط عند أحد القبور في مركز تدريب الأونروا في خان يونس الذي اضطر المحتمون فيه إلى إخلائه على عجل بسبب العمليات العسكرية.

من #غزة ، حوار مع لويز ووتريدج من قسم الإعلام في #الأونروا Louise Wateridge
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Half-eaten meals, clothes and more left in a now-abandoned school in Khan Younis reveal the haste in which civilians fled the shelter, says UNRWA Communications Officer Louise Wateridge.
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This time last year, #Gaza was a vibrant city on the coast. It had schools, markets and people going about their daily lives.
Now, it’s riddled with havoc and destruction: a city of death and ghosts.
A dispatch from our teams in #Gaza city 👇
Nothing is standing.

Rebuilding…

#Gaza Khan Younis is a scene of horror.

UNRWA's Khan Younis Training Centre was sheltering +40,000 people when hit by direct fire; killing & injuring many in what should have been a place of safety.

Our shelters here now lie empty, along with the remaining destroyed city.

Little remaining of @unrwa Khan Younis training centre, where +40,000 people once sheltered when it came under direct fire by military operation & besieged. Entire rooms burnt out, belongings scattered everywhere.

Graves of children in the yard read “your sister misses you”

Today UNRWA & UNMAS led a critical mission to assess damage to UNRWA facilities, marking any shrapnel & unexploded ordnance.

165 UNRWA installations in #Gaza Strip have been impacted during this war.

UNMAS says making #Gaza safe from unexploded ordnance could take 14 years.

#Gaza Khan Younis today, abandoned children’s shoes. Everywhere.

Thousands of families used to shelter in these @unrwa schools turned shelters before they came under attack.

So many belongings left behind. People fleeing so fast, even shoes were left.

My colleague and friend Mona this week, donating blood at a field hospital in #Rafah

We were visiting our colleague Abdallah, who was severely injured by bombardments - when Mona learned they had the same blood type she donated immediately. People doing whatever they can.

Scenes of total devastation in #Gaza City. Over 70% of homes across #Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed

More from UNRWA ⤵️

'Buildings are skeletons. It's haunting. Any home still standing has entire walls missing - you can see into previous lives, frozen in time' Louise Wateridge

Scenes of total devastation driving through #Gaza City today, +70% of homes across #Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed.