Flooded tents after heavy rains in Gaza
The gist
Heavy rain on the first day flooded about 70,000 tents in Gaza, injuring some displaced residents.
More than a million displaced people face winter with too few tents and aid.
How it unfolded
- Nov 7, 2026Heavy rain on the first day of rainfall flooded about 70,000 tents housing displaced Palestinians across Gaza, leaving thousands of families without shelter.
- Nov 7, 2026The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said at least 70,000 tents were flooded in the past 12 hours, affecting tens of thousands of people and causing injuries, with no fatalities reported.
- Nov 7, 2026Gaza's civil defence service said it received about 1,500 distress calls from displaced residents overnight; dozens of cracked walls and roofs collapsed, injuring people, some critically.
Key terms
- Unicef
- United Nations agency providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
- OCHA
- A UN body that coordinates international humanitarian response to emergencies and natural disasters.
- Hamas
- Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political and military organisation that has governed the Gaza Strip.
Source: Wikipedia