Heavy rain floods tents housing Gaza displaced people, aid shortages hamper response
Civil defence said 1,500 distress calls came in as flooded camps left displaced families without dry bedding or shelter materials.
- 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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Heavy rains have flooded at least 70,000 tents housing displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, leaving tens of thousands of people without dry shelter, blankets and mattresses, local authorities said today.
Heavy rains in the Gaza Strip have flooded tens of thousands of tents used by Palestinians displaced by the war, the press service of the Islamist group Hamas said on Saturday.
Gaza rains flood 70,000 tents housing displaced Palestinians as first winter storm hits Strip - The Tribune
Around 70,000 tents sheltering displaced Palestinian families have been flooded across the Gaza Strip within 12 hours of the first winter storm of the season, leaving thousands exposed to heavy rainfall, rising water levels and harsh weather conditions, Al Jazeera reported, citing Gaza's Government Media Office.
Heavy rains have further exacerbated the already catastrophic living conditions for displaced persons. Thousands of families lost their shelters, several people were injured.
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