Gaza Floods Kill Eight After Sandbank Collapse in Deir el-Balah
· World · Al Jazeera, The Independent
Heavy rain has directly affected 106,000 people in Gaza, submerging displacement tents and overflowing latrines in Deir el-Balah. A sandbank collapse at the Ard al-Ribat displacement camp killed three children and a woman, with residents digging through debris by hand and using phone flashlights to search for survivors. Eight-year-old Salah, his six-year-old sister Maryam, and their five-months-pregnant mother Tahrir were among the dead, leaving their recently released father Ahmed al-Nabhan as the sole survivor. UNICEF confirmed the scale of displacement while rescue efforts remained hampered by the lack of excavation equipment and unstable ground conditions.
Why it matters
The deaths of women, children and pregnant individuals in Gaza highlight the extreme vulnerability of displaced Palestinians to environmental disasters amid ongoing conflict, with no immediate relief in sight.
Read the original report — Al Jazeera
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