Heavy rain has flooded tens of thousands of displaced people’s tents in Gaza, leaving many without shelter, Palestinian authorities said.
Families fled inundated camps in Gaza City, northern areas of the territory and parts of central Gaza after rainfall began early on Saturday.
Gaza authorities said around 70,000 tents housing tens of thousands of displaced people had been flooded on the first day of the rains.
They also reported that dozens of cracked walls and roofs had collapsed in different parts of the territory, causing injuries, some of them critical.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the Palestinian Civil Defence, said teams had received more than 1,500 calls overnight from residents seeking urgent help after their tents were flooded.
He said the agency was operating “without any equipment or capabilities” and appealed to the international community and humanitarian organisations to intervene.
“We cannot face the consequences of this storm on our own,” Mr Basal said.
