One toilet for 500 people: death and disease as Palestinians flee to Rafah

Overcrowding crisis in south Gaza only set to worsen in coming days as Israeli forces push deeper into Khan Younis

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Haneen Harara wakes up each morning in the southern Gazan city of Rafah thinking about the long queues and crowds that stand between her and the survival basics of food, water and medical care.

The film-maker and employee at a Dutch charity considers herself lucky that she and 15 members of her family reached the city on Gaza's border with Egypt in time to find a house at which to stay. Many others have found shelter from the winter cold in tents that fill with water every time it rains.