US EditionTorrential rain flooded Gaza tents and a baby died of exposure, medics say
Storm Byron destroyed over 27,000 tents and left nearly 800,000 displaced Gazans at risk amid ongoing aid blockades and infrastructure collapse, officials said.
- On Dec 11, Storm Byron swept the Gaza Strip, flooding hundreds of tents and killing eight-month-old Rahaf Abu Jazar in Khan Younis, relatives and medics said.
- Municipal and civil defence officials said fuel shortages and damaged infrastructure left responders unable to cope, while materials like timber, sandbags, and pumps were delayed entering Gaza, agencies said.
- Local civil defence records show 12 people dead or missing, at least 13 buildings collapsed, and more than 27,000 tents destroyed, while the IOM warns nearly 795,000 displaced people face flood risks.
- UN Relief and Works Agency said flooded streets and soaked tents worsen conditions, while U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned low temperatures and rains place newborns at extreme risk.
- Although the October ceasefire has partially eased restrictions, the United Nations said supplies remain insufficient as 300,000 tents and mobile homes are blocked while only 15,000 entered.
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13 Gazans dead as heavy rains batter territory
Gaza's civil defence agency on Friday said at least 13 people had died in the last 24 hours, including three children who died from exposure to the cold, as a winter storm batters the territory. Heavy rain from Storm Byron has flooded tents and temporary shelters across the Gaza Strip since late Wednesday, compounding the suffering of the territory's residents, nearly all of whom were displaced during more than two years of war. Gaza's civil def…
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Storm Byron floods Gaza, worsens humanitarian crisis
Civil Defense teams informed that at least ten houses, two of them in the Al-Karama and Sheikh Radwan neighborhoods of Gaza, collapsed in the last few hours. The low-pressure system also caused flooding and damage in large areas of Al-Bassa and Al-Baraka in the city of Deir al-Balah, and the Central Market in the Nuseirat refugee camp. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned that Byron threatens more than 795,000 displaced Gaza…
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