Overview
- Heavy rains from Storm Byron inundated thousands of tents across the Gaza Strip, with civil defence reporting more than 2,500 distress calls and widespread camp flooding.
- UN OCHA says about 850,000 people in 761 displacement sites face the highest flood risk, and thousands have moved to seek drier ground.
- Local medics reported that eight-month-old Rahaf Abu Jazar died of exposure in Khan Younis after her family's tent flooded, and authorities noted several rain-related building collapses.
- UNRWA and humanitarian groups report severe shortfalls in tents, pumps and repair materials, while Israeli officials dispute claims that aid levels fall short of truce commitments.
- Prolonged cloud cover cut off solar charging in many camps, severing phone and lighting lifelines as floodwater mixed with sewage heightened disease risks.