Hundreds of Palestinian Displaced Persons' Tents Flooded in Gaza
Hundreds of tents of displaced Palestinians in various areas of the Gaza Strip were flooded on Thursday, for the second consecutive day, after heavy rains related to a new depression that threatens thousands of displaced people in the sector.
The correspondent of the Anadolu Agency reported that hundreds of tents of displaced persons in various areas of the Gaza Strip were submerged by heavy rains that fell since the early hours of dawn and throughout the night, under the effect of a new depression.
On its part, the Gaza Civil Defense announced in a statement on Thursday that it had evacuated dozens of tents after they were completely flooded due to heavy rains in Rafah, in the south of the strip.
The Civil Defense warned against the deterioration of the humanitarian situation if the new depression persists, especially since there are no temporary shelters to accommodate the displaced.
According to previous statements by the Civil Defense, around 250,000 families live in the displaced persons' camps in the Gaza Strip, facing cold and flooding inside worn-out tents.
Since Wednesday, thousands of tents housing the survivors of the two-year Zionist extermination war in Gaza have turned into pools of water, flooding mattresses, clothes, and food. Hundreds of families are thus exposed to the elements without heat or shelter, in the midst of a tragic reality exacerbated by the lack of basic means of subsistence.
Most of these displaced persons use damaged tents as shelter. The Media Office of the Government in Gaza estimated, at the end of September, that the percentage of uninhabitable tents in the strip reached around 93%, or 125,000 tents out of a total of 135,000.
Despite the end of the extermination war with the entry into force of the ceasefire on October 10, the living conditions of Palestinians in Gaza have not improved due to the severe restrictions imposed by Israel on the entry of aid trucks, thus violating the humanitarian protocol of the agreement.
During the nearly two years of extermination, tens of thousands of tents were damaged by Israeli bombings that directly hit them or targeted their surroundings, while others deteriorated due to natural factors, such as high summer temperatures and winter winds.
The ceasefire agreement ended the genocide war triggered by Israel on October 8, 2023, which lasted two years, resulting in more than 70,000 Palestinian deaths and over 171,000 injuries, as well as massive destruction affecting 90% of civilian infrastructure, with initial losses estimated at $70 billion.
