{"id":678746,"date":"2026-11-08T16:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/678746\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:40:13","slug":"floods-in-gaza-leave-tens-of-thousands-without-shelter-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/678746\/","title":{"rendered":"Floods in Gaza leave tens of thousands without shelter | Weather News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palestinian Civil Defence reports more than 1,500 emergency calls as thousands of tents and shelters destroyed after heavy rains.<\/p>\n

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Flooding caused by heavy rains has damaged shelters and tents belonging to tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Reporting from Gaza City in northern Gaza on Sunday, Al Jazeera\u2019s Ibrahim al-Khalili said the makeshift tents many Palestinians have been forced to live in do not provide adequate shelter from harsh weather.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe latest storm exposed just how fragile the protection is. In just a few hours, heavy rains and strong winds tore through shelters families had spent days trying to reinforce,\u201d al-Khalili said.<\/p>\n

He reported seeing soaked mattresses, pillows and clothes, saying nearly 400,000 displaced Palestinians are sheltering in locations considered \u201chighly vulnerable\u201d to more flooding.<\/p>\n

\"TOPSHOTDisplaced Palestinians attempt to clear a water puddle outside their flooded tents amid heavy rainfall in Gaza City\u2019s Remal neighbourhood on November 7, 2026. [Omar Al-Qattaa\/AFP]<\/p>\n

Ahmad Alhendawi, regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe at Save the Children International, said the situation was \u201cheartbreaking\u201d and \u201centirely foreseeable\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur staff in Gaza tell us that over the weekend, while families slept, water flooded their tents and engulfed entire camps. Children shivered in the bitter cold without winter clothing, and families lost the few belongings they had left,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not simply the result of bad weather. Tents, shelter kits and fuel are waiting at Gaza\u2019s borders while children sleep in floodwater, because the Israeli authorities are blocking their entry. This is a choice, and children are paying the price,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Heavy rain and strong winds have hit Gaza since late Friday, flooding 70,000 tents and bringing down dozens of walls, according to the Government Media Office.<\/p>\n

The flooding comes amid a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as Israel continues to impose severe restrictions on aid supplies to the war-ravaged territory.<\/p>\n

Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera\u2019s Ashraf Abu Amra said displaced families whose shelters were flooded had not received food aid since early Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF special representative in Palestine, said the majority of people are living in \u201cterrible conditions\u201d and called\u00a0for more funding to provide much-needed aid.<\/p>\n

Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office reports the storm caused damage estimated at $3m. But relief organisations have been struggling for years to bring in relief and support.<\/p>\n

The Gaza Civil Defence said it received at least 1,500 emergency calls. The agency said more than 2,000 buildings are at risk of collapse and that at least 300,000 tents are needed to provide adequate shelter for displaced people affected by the weather conditions.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s genocidal war, which began on October 7, 2023, has devastated homes and infrastructure in Gaza, and continuing restrictions on aid, shelter supplies and reconstruction materials have hampered relief efforts.<\/p>\n

More than 74,640 people have been killed since the genocidal war began on October 7, 2023, in response to a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel. Since a \u201cceasefire\u201d took effect in October 2025, Israel has killed at least 1,610 Palestinians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Palestinian Civil Defence reports more than 1,500 emergency calls as thousands of tents and shelters destroyed after heavy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,1196,43,4268,82,767],"class_list":["post-678746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-palestine","tag-science","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}