Heavy rain floods tents housing Gaza displaced people, aid shortages hamper response
- On Saturday, November 7, heavy rainfall flooded thousands of displacement tents across the Gaza Strip, while a wall collapsed in northern Gaza, injuring two people near Nuseirat and Gaza City.
- Gaza's emergency committee reports more than one million displaced people face winter dangers, with the territory urgently needing about 200,000 tents and heating supplies to protect families in worn-out shelters.
- Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Al Jazeera that crews received about 1,500 distress calls in 10 hours as water levels rose 30-40 cm. "What we feared has actually happened," Basal said.
- Aid groups blame Israeli restrictions on shelter materials for hampering response efforts; Mohammed Salha, director of the Palestinian NGO Network, noted 50,000 tents remain waiting on the Egyptian side of the border.
- In southern Gaza, more than 900,000 displaced people sheltering in al-Mawasi face ongoing risks, while more than 125,000 families along the coast remain at particular risk of having their tents swept away by the sea.
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Children stood barefoot in water mixed with mud and sewage.
The umpteenth flood in Gaza, which flooded over 70 thousand tents, took place on the day that, a few dozen kilometers away, Israeli President Isaac Herzog informed the leader of the Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot, of his intention to entrust him with the task of forming the new government.
"About 70,000 tents housing tens of thousands of displaced people have been flooded," said the local authorities on Saturday.
The floodwaters have caused injuries, but no deaths have been reported.
Israel blocking replacements as horrific floods destroy Gaza tents
Israel is deliberately engineering an unsurvivable environment in Gaza as part of its genocidal intention to empty the enclave and steal it. The first winter storm has inflicted horrifying floods that have inundated and swept away the tents and shelters of thousands of refugees and left them without shelter. At least 70,000 tents were destroyed […]
Palestinian Civil Defense receives 1,500 distress calls from Gaza Strip amid heavy rains
The Palestinian Civil Defense announced on Saturday that it has received over 1,500 distress calls since the onset of the current weather depression. It warned of a worsening humanitarian situation across the Gaza Strip—a region already facing catastrophic conditions—as tens of thousands of tents housing displaced people have been flooded, residential buildings have sustained damage, …
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