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Heavy Rains Flood Gaza Displacement Camps, Collapsing Worn-Out Tents

Aid groups say worn-out shelters, coupled with restricted relief, leave families exposed to routine winter storms.

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Palestinians, whose homes were destroyed during Israel's two-year attacks, have hard times after their makeshift tents were flooded with the intense rain in Gaza City, Gaza on Friday.
A displaced Palestinian woman pushes water away from her tent after heavy rainfall at a makeshift camp inside Gaza's port during a rainstorm in Gaza, Palestine, on Friday.
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Overview

  • Overnight downpours inundated encampments across Gaza City and other shelter centers, drenching mattresses and belongings as some tents gave way.
  • Gaza Civil Defense reported receiving hundreds of pleas for help and said it lacks the resources to respond.
  • Medical Aid for Palestinians called Friday one of the hardest days since the ceasefire as the first winter rains overwhelmed fragile shelters.
  • UN OCHA estimates more than 1.4 million people need emergency shelter items and over 320,000 housing units have been damaged, underscoring the scale of need.
  • Aid organizations report only a fraction of shelter supplies has been allowed into Gaza, and CNN has asked Israeli authorities to comment on the restrictions.