Eyewitnesses recount fire that claimed lives of woman and her grandchild in Gaza camp

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(2 Jan 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 2 January 2026 1. Various of destroyed tents by fire 2. Various of displaced woman inspecting rubble 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ashraf al-Suwair, displaced man: “We woke up to the sound of our neighbors, screaming. They were saying, 'Fire! Fire!' We saw a blazing fire in the tents. You know, they are tents made of nylon. Nylon is like a fuel. It was a scary fire. What is the reason? The reason is that they lit a fire to cook.