Rat-Infested Camps and Unhealed Wounds Deepen Gaza’s Misery

Palestinians in Gaza are describing life in camps overrun by rats and suffering from wounds that do not heal, amid the near-total destruction of the infrastructure they depend on.

Their accounts highlight a crisis that extends beyond the loss of buildings. The collapse of essential systems has left people struggling with conditions that threaten their health and make daily survival harder.

Rat infestations in places where people are sheltering add to that hardship. For those already living with injuries, unhealed wounds compound the suffering.

The testimonies offer a stark picture of life amid widespread destruction, where shelter and recovery remain inseparable from the infrastructure that once sustained them.