US EditionA Soaked Tent or a Bombed-Out Ruin: Gazans Face a Grim Choice This Winter
Storm Byron flooded over 27,000 tents and caused at least 12 deaths amid severe aid shortages and damaged shelters in Gaza, worsening the humanitarian crisis.
- On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, a war-damaged building at Shati refugee camp collapsed due to heavy rain, killing at least one and injuring several, while Gaza Health Ministry said two-week-old Khalil Abu al-Khair died of the cold.
- Storm Byron's heavy rain and cold plunged Gaza into crisis as UN and Palestinian officials said at least 300,000 new tents are urgently needed for roughly 1.5 million displaced.
- Authorities say more than 27,000 tents were swept away or flooded since the storm hit, at least 14 people died last week, and Palestinian Civil Defence teams retrieved 20 bodies from multistorey buildings using basic equipment.
- Gaza Civil Defence urged donors for mobile homes and caravans rather than tents, warning Monday, `If people are not protected today we will witness more victims,' while Gaza authorities said recovery of about 9,000 bodies is slowed by lack of heavy machinery.
- Families in Gaza face an agonizing choice between freezing in flooded tents or sheltering in storm-damaged buildings at risk of collapse, while humanitarian agencies warn that continued strikes and the ceasefire context limit aid flows.
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A soaked tent or a bombed-out ruin: Gazans face a grim choice this winter
Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice this winter. With more than 400,000 homes destroyed in the war, Gazans are being forced to choose between living in tents exposed to the elements or run the risk of living inside the ruins of buildings that could collapse any minute.
Another Building Collapses in Gaza Amid Storm, Killing at Least One Palestinian - News From Antiwar.com
Another building damaged by Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza collapsed on Tuesday, killing at least one Palestinian, as storms and continued Israeli aid restrictions are adding to the misery for the civilians living among the rubble. According to Gaza's Civil Defense, the building collapsed due to heavy rain in the…
Palestinians in Gaza Face Flooded Tents and Collapsed Buildings from Winter Storm
In Gaza, another winter storm has worsened the humanitarian catastrophe faced by tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians who’ve been forced to shelter in tents for a third consecutive winter. Civil Defense crews are struggling to reach people trapped under the rubble of homes that had been damaged by Israeli attacks before this week’s storms caused them to collapse. With no proper housing, many Palestinians have been forced to choose between
Deadly storm creates yet another bitter struggle in Gaza
Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. Bitter cold, strong winds, and heavy rains hit Gaza last week, killing more than a dozen people after tents flooded and walls collapsed over already damaged homes that some residents had returned to. The sound of explosions came not from shelling or rockets, but from th…
Damaged homes collapsing in Gaza, trapping families under rubble following winter storm
Families in Gaza face an agonizing choice following last week's winter storm: endure exposure in tents after floods destroyed encampment shelters along with their possessions, killing one baby due to exposure — or shelter in buildings damaged in Israeli strikes earlier in the war that could collapse without warning.
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