Overview
- At least 12 people, including a two-week-old who died of hypothermia, were reported dead after torrential rains flooded camps and caused damaged buildings to collapse.
- The United Nations says tents, blankets and other essentials are ready but access through Gaza’s crossings remains restricted by Israeli authorities.
- Amnesty International called the flood deaths “utterly preventable,” faulting Israel’s limits on repair and shelter materials for worsening the disaster.
- In Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp, a war-damaged home collapsed during the storm, and rescuers pulled six people, including two children, alive from the rubble.
- Qatar’s prime minister met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to push for unconditional humanitarian access and discuss an impartial stabilisation force as ceasefire diplomacy continues.