A woman and three small children were killed after a sand embankment collapsed on to tents in Gaza due to torrential rain. This incident brought attention to the danger that hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians face as the wet winter season approaches.
A rocky sand bank next to a camp for displaced people south of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, was washed away by strong rain late on Sunday, according to medics. Two of the woman’s children, ages six and eight, were also slain. Six more children were hurt, and a fourth child, age 4, was also murdered.
Reuters authenticated the video, which showed locals breaking big sandy rocks with hammers and others using shovels to remove sand while using spotlights to look for anyone trapped inside.Regarding the situation in Gaza, what can be said? According to Amal Al-Zein, a 35-year-old relative of the dead, “whoever did not die from bombs and missiles is dying from buildings collapsing on them, from the collapse of sand and mountains on them.” Witness Sohaib Abu Darbali claimed that the embankment’s fall sounded like an explosion.
After Israel launched a two-year military assault in response to Hamas strikes on southern Israel in 2023, the vast majority of Gaza’s two million residents live in tent encampments or the wreckage of bombed-out structures. Reconstruction has not yet started.
This is the fourth winter that many of them will have to deal with floodwater overflowing their tents and soaking their possessions when it rains.
At least 70,000 tents were soaked in the early hours of Saturday’s intense rain, according to local authorities.
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