New Delhi, April 10 -- Six months after the Gaza ceasefire came into force on October 10, little has changed apart from the reduction in active fighting.

Most of the population continues to live in sprawling tent camps, while others remain in damaged residential buildings. Health and humanitarian workers report that the anticipated increase in medical supplies and aid has largely failed to materialise.

Palestinians voiced diminishing hope for any near-term improvement in their living conditions. According to Associated Press, Maysa Abu Jedian, a displaced woman from Beit Lahiya, stated, "There is pollution and disease. It's as if there's no ceasefire at all."

"The war is still ongoing and life is still terrible as it is," said Eyad Abu...