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Four killed in Gaza after sand embankment collapses on to tents
The collapse followed heavy rain and left rescuers digging by hand as authorities said 70,000 tents were flooded across Gaza.
- 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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