Five Palestinians, including a woman and four children, killed in sand collapse on displaced persons' tents in central Gaza

Gaza, November 8 (KUNA) -- Five Palestinians, including a woman and four children, were killed and six others injured after a sand embankment collapsed on tents housing displaced Palestinian families at a shelter south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip, due to the weather system battering the territory. Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, said in a press statement that the collapse affected several tents housing displaced families, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of several civilians at the shelter. He noted that rescue and medical teams continued search and rescue operations, transporting the injured to hospitals via ambulances and civilian vehicles. In the same context, medical teams reported that critical cases were taken to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, including two children who were extracted from the collapse site. Despite efforts by medical teams to resuscitate them, both died from their injuries. This tragedy comes amid the harsh humanitarian conditions faced by displaced persons in Gaza, where thousands of families lack safe housing and shelters capable of protecting them from rain, wind, and collapse risks, as weather systems intensify and most have been displaced to shelters due to the destruction of their homes from continuous Israeli occupation bombardment on Gaza. (End) A.A. / F.A.S.