More than 800,000 people in Gaza are at risk due to intensive rain, the UN said ahead of heavy rainfall that has bleached the strip. The rain has already crept into the camps and has resulted in buildings collapsing.
People in Gaza have lived through loss and fear for far too long.” “Now, after this storm made landfall yesterday, families are trying to protect their children with whatever they have. They deserve more than this uncertainty. They deserve safety. Immediate and unhindered access is essential so tools and supplies can reach those who are doing everything they can to hold their lives together in these extremely difficult conditions,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope, quoting IOM UN migration.
“Palestinians in Gaza are confined within less than 50 percent of the Strip. Yesterday we witnessed widespread flooding, and with infrastructure already devastated, the rainfall caused severe damage,” IOM UN migration quoted.
As reported by Al Jazeera, diseases may also spread due to the collapse of surveillance and laboratory systems in Palestinian territory.
“What is very important here to highlight is that we are probably missing the vast majority of diseases that are spreading in the territory at the moment just because we have not been able to detect them,” Zakaria, WHO’s unit head for humanitarian and disaster action, said, as Al Jazeera reported.
As per other reports, municipal and civil defense officials highlighted that they were not able to tackle the storm due to a shortage of fuel and damaged equipment. They said that vehicles used to pump water were destroyed by Israel, which left much of Gaza in ruins.
