Heavy rains continue to add to the misery of displaced Palestinians in Gaza News about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Heavy rains that have fallen for days have flooded hundreds of makeshift shelters across Gaza, heaping more misery on displaced Palestinians as Israel continues to restrict the entry of humanitarian aid amid its genocide.
Forcedly displaced families across Gaza are struggling to keep their children warm and save what few possessions they have left.
While the weather is expected to improve in the coming days, for some it is already too late. At least seven people, including six babies, have died of hypothermia over the past week.
The cold weather has put additional strain on Gaza’s already devastated health system. A field hospital was flooded in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
The Palestinian Civil Defense says floodwaters have risen to more than 30 cm (12 inches) in the affected tents, leaving displaced Palestinians exposed to the cold and causing damage to their belongings and mattresses.
The emergency services said the tents – located in areas including northern Gaza City, southern Khan Younis, as well as central Deir el-Balah – were rendered unusable by the flooding.
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are crammed into inadequate tents, most of them hastily erected in Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah, while Gaza’s 2.4 million residents suffer severe shortages of drinking water, food and medicine.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 45,541 Palestinians and wounded 108,338 since October 7, 2023.
