{"id":14384,"date":"2026-11-07T11:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T11:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=14384"},"modified":"2026-11-07T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T11:44:23","slug":"rains-flood-thousands-of-displaced-families-tents-in-gaza-gaza-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=14384","title":{"rendered":"Rains flood thousands of displaced families\u2019 tents in Gaza | Gaza News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The enclave\u2019s civil defence says it received about 1,500 distress calls in 10 hours as a storm swept through displacement camps.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Heavy rain has flooded thousands of tents across the Gaza Strip, forcing displaced Palestinian families out into the cold as the first winter storm<\/a> of the season swept through the besieged territory.<\/p>\n

Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency said its crews received about 1,500 distress calls in just 10 hours after the rain began early Saturday, with water levels in several shelter sites rising by 30-40 cm (12-16in).<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat we feared has actually happened,\u201d Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Al Jazeera. \u201cA few shelter centres were completely flooded, and everyone inside them has now been forced out into the unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Basal said premature babies, the elderly and the sick were most at risk. \u201cThose living in tents are at risk of death at any moment, and of illness at any moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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A displaced Palestinian woman pushes water off the roof of a tent during a rainy day at a tent camp in Gaza City, November 7, 2026 [Dawoud Abu Alkas\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The storm also brought down buildings damaged in Israel\u2019s genocidal war on the enclave that erupted in October 2023.<\/p>\n

The Civil Defence said rescuers had evacuated residents of a building in the central Nuseirat area that partially collapsed in the strong winds and rain. In northern Gaza, the wall of a separate building collapsed due to the heavy rainfall, injuring two people, according to the Wafa news agency.<\/p>\n

Footage from camps in Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah showed families wading through ankle-deep water, mattresses and blankets soaked, and children standing barefoot in pools of mud and sewage.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven houses can\u2019t hold up against this rain, so how can open plastic sheeting?\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Nour Khaled, reporting from a camp in Gaza City. She said more than 28,000 widows were among those facing the winter alone with their children.<\/p>\n

In al-Mawasi, the coastal area where more than 900,000 displaced people are sheltering in southern Gaza, rain had been falling since 10pm (20:00 GMT) on Friday, Al Jazeera\u2019s Rami Abu Taima reported from Khan Younis.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople woke up to find hundreds, even thousands, of tents flooded across the Gaza Strip,\u201d he said. He added that more than 125,000 families living along the coast were at particular risk of having their tents swept away by the sea.<\/p>\n

Gaza\u2019s emergency committee said more than one million displaced people face the dangers of winter, and that the territory urgently needs about 200,000 tents along with heating supplies.<\/p>\n

Raed al-Dahshan, director of civil defence in Gaza governorate, told Al Jazeera that crews could do little once they reached flooded families. \u201cCivil Defence does not have a single tarpaulin or a single tent,\u201d he said. \u201cWe deal only with saving lives, and that is not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aid groups blame Israeli restrictions on the entry of shelter materials.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mohammed Salha, director of the Palestinian NGO Network, told Al Jazeera that only 180 to 200 trucks were entering Gaza daily, far short of the 600 agreed under the humanitarian protocol of the \u201cceasefire\u201d, and that only about 40 of those carried humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to respond after the tents flood,\u201d Salha said, adding that 50,000 tents had been waiting on the Egyptian side of the border.<\/a> \u201cWe must respond before the disaster happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

He described international pressure on Israel to allow in more supplies as \u201ctimid\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Displaced Palestinians sit in a tent during a rainy day at a tent camp in Gaza City, November 7, 2026 [Dawoud Abu Alkas\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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