Heavy rains continue to compound the misery of the displaced Palestinians in Gaza Israel-Palestine Conflicts News

Days of torrential rains have flooded hundreds of shelters across Gaza, adding to the misery of displaced Palestinians as Israel continues to restrict humanitarian access amid the massacre.

Displaced families across Gaza are struggling to keep their children warm and save the few belongings they have left.

Although the weather is expected to improve in the coming days, for some, it is already too late. At least seven people, including six infants, have died of hypothermia in the past week.

The cold weather has left Gaza’s health care system in tatters. A field hospital has been flooded south of the Gaza city of Khan Younis.

The Palestinian Civil Defense says floodwaters rose to more than 30cm (12 inches) in the affected tents, leaving displaced Palestinians exposed to the cold and damaging their belongings and mattresses.

Emergency officials said the tents – located in areas including northern Gaza City, southern Khan Younis, and central Deir el-Balah – were rendered ineffective by the floods.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are crammed into inadequate tents, most of which were hastily erected in Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah, as Gaza’s 2.4 million residents endure severe shortages of drinking water, food and medicine.

Israel’s massacre in Gaza has killed at least 45,541 Palestinians and injured 108,338 as of October 7, 2023.