US EditionRain Has Flooded Gaza Tents and a Baby Died of Exposure, Medics Say
Heavy rains from Storm Byron have destroyed around 13,000 tents and worsened conditions for 1.5 million displaced Palestinians, with at least one infant dying from cold exposure.
- On Thursday, torrential rain swept the Gaza Strip, flooding hundreds of tents and causing the death of eight-month-old Rahaf Abu Jazar in Khan Younis, local health officials said.
- Worn-Out shelters of thin plastic and cloth failed to protect families during the storm, and municipal and civil defence officials lacked equipment and fuel due to war-damaged infrastructure and destroyed vehicles used to pump water.
- Civil defense service reported most encampments flooded, received more than 2,500 emergency calls, while water depth reached a metre and a half inside tents and three buildings collapsed; U.N. and Gaza's Government Media Office say 300,000 tents/mobile homes are urgently needed.
- UN agencies warned this week that newborns face extreme risk from cold and flooding, while Hamas-run Gaza authorities and aid agencies accused Israel of restricting relief, which Israel denies.
- Despite some troop pullbacks and increased aid flows, lasting recovery remains fragile as last month heavy rains destroyed around 13,000 tents and the October 10 ceasefire left infrastructure in ruins amid ongoing violence.
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Child Freezes to Death as Torrential Rains Flood Tents of Gaza’s Displaced Palestinians
In Gaza, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are struggling to stay warm and dry as a fierce winter storm brings heavy rains and flash flooding to the territory. Forecasters are predicting two months’ worth of rain to fall on Gaza over just two days, threatening to flood makeshift tents housing families. Already the storm has claimed at least one life. Eight-month-old Rahaf Abu Jazar died of cold exposure earlier today after water fl…
Byron, the storm that had already caused injuries, damage and flooding in its passage through Greece and Cyprus, is leaving this Thursday devastating images there where almost no one has shelter: Gaza. Heavy rains have flooded thousands of the precarious tents in which a multitude of Gazans live after more than two years of Israeli invasion destroyed or damaged 92% of the buildings, according to UN data. In fact, some stores are more of a sum of…
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