The key facts

  • Two Palestinians injured after a wall collapsed in a shelling-damaged building in northern Gaza
  • Thousands of tents for displaced people flooded near the port of Gaza City, in Deir el-Balah, Nuseirat, Jabalia and Beit Lahia
  • The cause was a low-pressure system with a cold air mass and heavy precipitation

Wall collapse and flooding

Two Palestinians were injured on Saturday in the northern Gaza Strip when rain caused a wall to collapse in a building previously damaged by Israeli shelling. A medical source told the Anadolu Agency about the incident.

Scale of the flooding

According to eyewitnesses, heavy rain flooded thousands of tents for displaced people near the port of Gaza City, west of Deir el-Balah, north of the Nuseirat camp, as well as in Jabalia and Beit Lahia. The flooding and the collapse occurred amid a low-pressure system accompanied by a cold air mass and heavy precipitation.

Context

Anadolu notes that displaced people are sheltering in worn-out tents without heating or adequate protection from rain and cold, against the backdrop of large-scale destruction of housing and infrastructure. According to the agency, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 175,000 injured since October 2023 as a result of the war. These figures are cited from the outlet; no independent verification is described in the publication.