Heavy rainfall floods tents at UN shelters in southern Gaza

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Children take shelter from the rain under a tent at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 14, 2023, where internally displaced Palestinians have taken refuge amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Children take shelter from the rain under a tent at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 14, 2023, where internally displaced Palestinians have taken refuge amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

People sheltering in UN schools are now facing a new problem as tents begin sinking due to heavy rainfall, Al Jazeera reports.

One man at the UN camp in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, called for urgent intervention as people are already suffering from a lack of food, water, electricity and other necessities.

“If our children do not die from war, they will die from the cold of winter and hunger,” he said.

“Egypt is not able to open the crossings, the Arab nation has become lax with the Americans and Israelis, we are tired and [not] saved enough,” he cried.

Children take shelter from the rain under a tent at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 14, 2023.)
Children take shelter from the rain under a tent at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 14, 2023.)

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