Four killed in Gaza after sand embankment collapses on to tents
Heavy rain flooded tens of thousands of tents and exposed unsafe shelter conditions as rescuers dug out victims with their bare hands, officials said.
- On Sunday, a sandbank collapsed onto a tent in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, killing three children and one woman, with two people remaining missing.
- Friday's storm flooded about 70,000 tents across the Gaza Strip, where victims lived in flimsy shelters on exposed ground without weather protection.
- Save the Children reported more than half a million children live in "critical or catastrophic" shelter conditions as Israeli restrictions have repeatedly blocked the entry of caravans.
- The Gaza Government Media Office held Israel and the United States "fully and directly responsible," citing "absolute silence" regarding prevention of shelter supplies and construction materials.
- Palestinian authorities criticized global "indifference and inaction" as residents dig through rubble with bare hands due to equipment shortages, while more than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire.
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Heavy rainfall has led to the collapse of a sand slope over several displaced people's tents. A survivor recounts how she was buried with her daughter: "It was like war."
Four people have died in a sandbank collapse in Gaza. The victims include a woman and her two children, aged 8 and 6. A third child, aged 4, also did not survive. Six others were injured. The sandbank collapsed last night due to heavy rainfall in a camp for displaced families near Deir al-Balah in southern Gaza. The displaced Palestinians had pitched their tents next to the sandbanks, assuming they would protect them, local authorities report. …
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The Independent (US)Six members of same family killed in Gaza flooding as tents collapse during downpours
Tens of thousands have had their tents flooded as torrential rains flooded camps in Gaza - aid agencies are warning of the risk of infectious disease spreading
The winter rains have led to major problems in the tent camps of Gaza. Five people died on Sunday when they were buried under...
Torrential rains in the Gaza Strip caused the collapse of a slope of sand and stones on tents of displaced Palestinians, killing one woman and three children. Nearly 70,000 tents of camps where displaced persons live were flooded.
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