Another humanitarian catastrophe occurs in Gaza when heavy rain submerges tents.
Tehran, Irena -. Heavy rain and strong winds have battered Gaza since Friday, flooding tens of thousands of tents and leaving Palestinians displaced by the Israeli civil war without a place to live.
The spokesman for the Khan Yunis municipality in southern Gaza issued a warning regarding the critical situation of displaced people, stating on Sunday that most of their tents had become damaged and unfit for habitation.
According to Saib Lakan, more than 900,000 displaced Gazans are concentrated in low-lying areas in western Khan Yunis, with the lives of most of them in serious and immediate danger as relief and rescue resources are very limited.
He added that over 60 critical locations in the Al-Mawasi region are at direct risk of flooding, with the potential to destroy property and belongings left by the war-affected families.
The spokesman for the Khan Yunis municipality also noted that floodwaters and strong winds damaged worn-out tents - the shelters that have not undergone any maintenance or repairs in the past three years due to a lack of materials due to the Israeli siege.
Meanwhile, a coalition of humanitarian charities in Gaza issued an urgent appeal for aid, warning that intensifying weather systems have exposed displaced Palestinians to a new humanitarian disaster.