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00:00 Refugees in Rafah have built these makeshift shade sails to protect their tents from the
00:04 heat.
00:05 Spring temperatures are rising.
00:07 At the moment it's about 25 degrees Celsius outside.
00:11 But inside their tents, Gazans say it's already becoming unbearable.
00:14 "There are 10 of us living under the same tent.
00:18 We're suffering from the heat and from mosquitoes.
00:21 We do everything inside the tent, from cooking to cleaning to bathing the children."
00:25 "Summer is fast approaching and it will bring extreme heat, which will cause a number of
00:31 problems.
00:34 What makes things worse is the presence of insects, like flies and mosquitoes, but also
00:39 other insects that we have never come across before.
00:42 It's because of pollution and all the rubbish on the ground."
00:47 The UN says one and a half million people live in Rafah.
00:50 Most have sought refuge there after being displaced by Israeli offensives in the rest
00:54 of the Strip.
00:56 In the summer, temperatures often linger around 40 degrees Celsius, conditions that would
01:00 exacerbate an already disastrous humanitarian crisis.
01:04 Refugees continue to lack basic supplies, but the Israeli military says it's increasing
01:08 aid deliveries to the Strip.
01:10 "Over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into Gaza has significantly increased.
01:19 In the coming days, the amount of aid going into Gaza will continue to scale up even more."
01:25 Hagari says it's the result of a new crossing into northern Gaza, as well as the use of
01:29 Israel's Ashdod port for the delivery of UN aid for the first time.
01:34 US-based charity World Central Kitchen also says it will now resume operations in Gaza
01:38 a month after seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike.