Overview
- Interior officials report more than 4,300 distress calls since the downpours began and at least 12 collapses of damaged buildings.
- Gazaa’s media office says 27,000 tents were flooded or uprooted and estimates that more than a quarter of a million people were directly affected.
- UNICEF confirms two infant hypothermia deaths and warns of immediate risks from exposure and waterborne diseases as sewage overflows.
- Local authorities and aid groups say Israel is blocking the entry of large quantities of shelter materials, including caravans, and urge international pressure to open access.
- Al Jazeera reports that roughly 850,000 people are at risk across 761 shelter sites as heavy rain, flooding and hail continue.