Four killed in Gaza as sand embankment collapses on tents

CAIRO/GAZA Torrential rain in Gaza caused a sand embankment to collapse onto tents, killing a woman and ​three small children in an incident that highlighted the danger facing hundreds of thousands ‌of displaced Palestinians as the rainy winter season sets in. Heavy rain inundates shelters for people displaced by war in Gaza Heavy rain inundates shelters for people displaced by war in Gaza In a statement, the Hamas-run government media office said that about "70,000 tents sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people were flooded on the first day" of rains Heavy rain inundates shelters for people displaced by war in Gaza storyline 1 Medics ​said heavy rain late on Sunday (November 8, 2026) washed away a rocky sand ⁠bank abutting a camp for displaced families south of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.

A woman and two of her children, aged 8 and 6, were killed. A ‌fourth child, aged 4, was also killed, and six others were injured.