٠٠:٠٤:٠٩A Palestinian man has constructed a house using sandbags to overcome some of the challenges that Gazans are facing after 11 months of war.
The ongoing fighting has wreaked havoc on hundreds of thousands of households, amid a severe shortage of construction materials, forcing many of the hundreds of thousands of Gazans fleeing the fighting to live in tents as winter closes in.
However, even tents are now largely inaccessible due to soaring prices. Moutaz Yahya Barzak has built his tiny house on the seafront in the Khan Younis governorate of southern Gaza.
Footage shows the final steps of the three-week construction process.
"We, as the Palestinian people, have been suffering for 75 years, and we continue to suffer. Unfortunately, we have been exiled from our places. We lost the support of the world, but we will find a way to live. This is the mark of the Palestinian people. We will always find a way to live. We will not be exterminated," Moutaz declared.
"I have friends who helped me build this cottage to be able to live here," he continued.
"The reason I chose this method to stay is that the building materials are practically missing from the market. Tents are pretty much gone, and even the leather that could be used as a shelter is extremely expensive," Moutaz explained.
Moutaz faced the challenge of the bags being biodegradable, using mud and straw to protect them from the elements.
According to the UN, the scale of the destruction in Gaza is unlike anything seen since World War II.
In its May report, the UN said that over 370,000 housing units in Gaza have been damaged, with some 79,000 destroyed. The organisation projects that it would take until at least 2040 to restore them if the conflict were to end today.
The Hamas-Israel war broke out after Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,139 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200 who were held hostage in Gaza.
In the enclave, the Israeli military conducted a large-scale campaign of air strikes and a ground incursion, killing at least 41,455 Palestinians and injuring more than 95,878 at the time of publication.
'We will always find a way to live' – Palestinian builds his house of mud, straw and sandbags amid construction materials shortage
A Palestinian man has constructed a house using sandbags to overcome some of the challenges that Gazans are facing after 11 months of war.
The ongoing fighting has wreaked havoc on hundreds of thousands of households, amid a severe shortage of construction materials, forcing many of the hundreds of thousands of Gazans fleeing the fighting to live in tents as winter closes in.
However, even tents are now largely inaccessible due to soaring prices. Moutaz Yahya Barzak has built his tiny house on the seafront in the Khan Younis governorate of southern Gaza.
Footage shows the final steps of the three-week construction process.
"We, as the Palestinian people, have been suffering for 75 years, and we continue to suffer. Unfortunately, we have been exiled from our places. We lost the support of the world, but we will find a way to live. This is the mark of the Palestinian people. We will always find a way to live. We will not be exterminated," Moutaz declared.
"I have friends who helped me build this cottage to be able to live here," he continued.
"The reason I chose this method to stay is that the building materials are practically missing from the market. Tents are pretty much gone, and even the leather that could be used as a shelter is extremely expensive," Moutaz explained.
Moutaz faced the challenge of the bags being biodegradable, using mud and straw to protect them from the elements.
According to the UN, the scale of the destruction in Gaza is unlike anything seen since World War II.
In its May report, the UN said that over 370,000 housing units in Gaza have been damaged, with some 79,000 destroyed. The organisation projects that it would take until at least 2040 to restore them if the conflict were to end today.
The Hamas-Israel war broke out after Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,139 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200 who were held hostage in Gaza.
In the enclave, the Israeli military conducted a large-scale campaign of air strikes and a ground incursion, killing at least 41,455 Palestinians and injuring more than 95,878 at the time of publication.
A Palestinian man has constructed a house using sandbags to overcome some of the challenges that Gazans are facing after 11 months of war.
The ongoing fighting has wreaked havoc on hundreds of thousands of households, amid a severe shortage of construction materials, forcing many of the hundreds of thousands of Gazans fleeing the fighting to live in tents as winter closes in.
However, even tents are now largely inaccessible due to soaring prices. Moutaz Yahya Barzak has built his tiny house on the seafront in the Khan Younis governorate of southern Gaza.
Footage shows the final steps of the three-week construction process.
"We, as the Palestinian people, have been suffering for 75 years, and we continue to suffer. Unfortunately, we have been exiled from our places. We lost the support of the world, but we will find a way to live. This is the mark of the Palestinian people. We will always find a way to live. We will not be exterminated," Moutaz declared.
"I have friends who helped me build this cottage to be able to live here," he continued.
"The reason I chose this method to stay is that the building materials are practically missing from the market. Tents are pretty much gone, and even the leather that could be used as a shelter is extremely expensive," Moutaz explained.
Moutaz faced the challenge of the bags being biodegradable, using mud and straw to protect them from the elements.
According to the UN, the scale of the destruction in Gaza is unlike anything seen since World War II.
In its May report, the UN said that over 370,000 housing units in Gaza have been damaged, with some 79,000 destroyed. The organisation projects that it would take until at least 2040 to restore them if the conflict were to end today.
The Hamas-Israel war broke out after Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,139 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200 who were held hostage in Gaza.
In the enclave, the Israeli military conducted a large-scale campaign of air strikes and a ground incursion, killing at least 41,455 Palestinians and injuring more than 95,878 at the time of publication.