US EditionTorrential rain flooded Gaza tents and a baby died of exposure, medics say
Storm Byron flooded 27,000 tents and caused 12 deaths amid aid blockades, leaving nearly 795,000 displaced Gazans at risk of disease and exposure, aid agencies said.
- On Thursday, an eight-month-old infant, Rahaf Abu Jazar, died of hypothermia after her family's tent flooded overnight in Khan Younis, with her funeral held at Nasser Hospital on December 11, 2025.
- Heavy rain and cold have swept the Gaza Strip, triggering flooding in displacement sites as municipal authorities warned Wednesday to avoid low-lying areas and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said nearly 850,000 people shelter in vulnerable displacement sites.
- Aid groups and officials say far fewer tents have entered Gaza than are needed, with officials reporting 300,000 tents needed but only 15,000 entered since the ceasefire and Israel restricting tent materials.
- Healthcare workers in Gaza cautioned that more Palestinians could die of hypothermia or disease as heavy rain and winds continue, while Dr. Muneer al-Bursh called the storm a fourth tragedy and municipal authorities renewed urgent appeals to international humanitarian and relief organizations.
- CNN footage shows children helping adults dig and clear mud as displaced families are forced from tents, while Gaza officials report continued attacks and halted reconstruction.
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13 Gazans dead as heavy rains batter territory
Gaza's civil defence agency on Friday said at least 13 people had died in the last 24 hours, including three children who died from exposure to the cold, as a winter storm batters the territory. Heavy rain from Storm Byron has flooded tents and temporary shelters across the Gaza Strip since late Wednesday, compounding the suffering of the territory's residents, nearly all of whom were displaced during more than two years of war. Gaza's civil def…
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Storm Byron floods Gaza, worsens humanitarian crisis
Civil Defense teams informed that at least ten houses, two of them in the Al-Karama and Sheikh Radwan neighborhoods of Gaza, collapsed in the last few hours. The low-pressure system also caused flooding and damage in large areas of Al-Bassa and Al-Baraka in the city of Deir al-Balah, and the Central Market in the Nuseirat refugee camp. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned that Byron threatens more than 795,000 displaced Gaza…
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