Gaza, MINA – Heavy rains flooded tents of displaced families in different areas of the Gaza Strip overnight and on Tuesday morning, intensifying their humanitarian plight, PIC reports.
Images and video footage showed multiple tents and personal belongings in Gaza damaged by rainwater.
Most of Gaza’s families currently live in makeshift tents, but they have become unsuitable to protect them from the harsh weather conditions.
Floodwaters swamped shelters in low-lying areas, while fierce gusts of wind tore up others, forcing families, including children, into the open in biting cold.
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Civil defense teams in Rafah responded to multiple distress calls as intense rainfall inundated tents sheltering displaced families.
The civil defense service reported rescuing several families whose tents flooded in Khan Yunis’ al-Mawasi area, south of the Gaza Strip.
Since Monday, a low-pressure system has swept Palestine, bringing cold air masses and scattered showers across most areas.
Renewed heavy rains and severe cold are intensifying Gaza families’ humanitarian suffering, especially in the midst of ongoing Israeli aggression, blockade, massive destruction of homes and infrastructure, and absence of basic necessities.
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Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army continued to violate the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip last night and on Tuesday, carrying out attacks in different areas.
Local sources reported intensive Israeli gunfire in eastern Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, alongside volleys of bullets targeting Rafah further in the south.
The Israeli army also carried out artillery strikes on Gaza City’s al‑Tuffah neighborhood, while tank projectiles struck other neighborhoods and eastern areas of the city.
In a related incident, a young girl sustained shrapnel wounds from a bomb dropped by an Israeli drone in Jabalia al Balad, northern Gaza.[]
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