A view of the Shujaiya neighborhood after rainfall that flooded tents and left puddles of water and mud throughout the area in Gaza City.
Storm leaves Gaza families exposed, woman killed
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- A Palestinian woman is killed after a wall damaged by the ‘Israeli’ war collapses onto a tent in Gaza City.
- Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians face worsening conditions as storms flood and destroy tents across the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian woman was killed early Sunday after a wall from a home damaged by the ‘Israeli’ war on the Gaza Strip collapsed onto a tent near the port of Gaza City.
The incident came as a strong low-pressure system battered the Gaza Strip, bringing heavy rainfall and powerful winds that inundated and uprooted hundreds of tents sheltering displaced families.
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Camps flooded, tents torn apart
Tents housing displaced Palestinians were flooded in several areas across the Gaza Strip. Activists shared images and videos showing water sweeping through camps and tents being ripped from the ground by violent winds, forcing families to flee with little more than the clothes they were wearing.
The Palestinian NGOs Network in Gaza said around 900,000 displaced Palestinians are currently living in worn and fragile tents, now struggling to survive amid the storm.
Civil defense warns of growing danger
Gaza’s civil defense said the deteriorated tents failed to withstand the intensity of the winds, leading to widespread damage. Some tents were torn apart, while others were completely uprooted, leaving entire families exposed to rain and cold.
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The agency warned that continued bad weather, combined with extensive war damage, poses a serious threat to the lives of displaced civilians, particularly children and the elderly.
Gaza Municipality calls for action
Gaza Municipality said thousands of families are now living in the open after their tents were flooded or destroyed. It urged increased pressure on the ‘Israeli’ occupation to open border crossings and allow the entry of essential aid, including shelter materials and emergency supplies.
Humanitarian organizations warn that repeated storms, ongoing ‘Israeli’ aggression, and severe restrictions on aid entry are deepening the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, where displaced Palestinians remain trapped in increasingly unlivable conditions.
