Overview
- Heavy rain, strong winds and hail from Storm Byron are lashing Gaza through Friday, with meteorologists warning of flash floods.
- Rescue teams reported distress calls from displacement camps in Rafah as families found their tents inundated and some people trapped.
- The UN says nearly 850,000 people in 761 displacement sites face the highest flood risk this week, with previous storms having already damaged hundreds of sites.
- Aid groups report that only about 40,000 tents have entered Gaza out of roughly 300,000 needed, and say tools to repair water and sewage systems remain restricted.
- UN officials noted families are relocating within the Strip, including about 200 expected to move to a new site in eastern Khan Younis to escape rising flood risk.