GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Heavy rains and thunderstorms have battered the Gaza Strip, flooding tents in different areas, especially in central Deir el-Balah and southern Khan Yunis, adding to the suffering of displaced Palestinian families.
According to displaced civilians, hundreds of tents in displacement camps across the Gaza Strip were flooded last night and on Tuesday morning due to heavy rains.
Displaced families, particularly in Deir al-Balah, al-Mawasi and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, endured a grueling night as their tents were inundated with rainwater and damaged or blown away by strong winds.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s civil defense service said it received hundreds of distress calls from displaced people whose tents and shelters were flooded and damaged by rainwater.
“Our crews can only evacuate citizens from sites where there are flooded tents and homes to other places that are mostly unsuitable for shelter, so those citizens still have to stay in the open braving the rain and biting cold,” the civil defense service added.
The civil defense service appealed to the people with conscience to urgently save the displaced families in Gaza and help them move to suitable shelters that protect them from rainy and cold weather.
Most of Gaza’s families currently live in makeshift tents, but they have become unsuitable to protect them from the harsh weather conditions.
