Heavy rain floods tents housing Gaza displaced people, aid shortages hamper response
Officials said the storm flooded 70,000 tents and injured two people, deepening Gaza’s shelter crisis as families fled waterlogged camps.
- 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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And the "Anp" lets us know that there are 400,000 displaced persons in the Strip in areas at high risk of flooding.
A flood has caused damage everywhere, and international organizations can help to a certain extent.
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.
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