"Officials warned Wednesday that the storm was forecast to bring flash floods, strong winds and hail until Friday, conditions expected to wreak havoc in a territory in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people live in tents, temporary structures, or damaged buildings after two years of Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza."
"Humanitarian workers said Israeli restrictions on the entry of tents, tools to repair water and sewage systems have left Gaza poorly equipped to respond to the storm, and called on the international community to pressure the Netanyahu government to urgently allow in supplies. In the southern city of Rafah, the Palestinian Civil Defence said its teams had already received distress calls from displacement camps, with families reporting flooded tents and families trapped inside by heavy rains."
"Footage posted on social media and verified by Al Jazeera showed Palestinians shovelling a ditch around tents in a desperate attempt to create barriers that would prevent them from flooding. Nearly 850,000 people sheltering in 761 displacement sites face the highest risk of flooding, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Flooding has previously been recorded at more than 200 of the highest-risk sites, affecting more than 140,000 people, the office said."
Storm Byron is lashing Gaza with heavy rains, flash floods, strong winds and hail through Friday. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians living in tents, temporary structures, or damaged buildings face escalating risks of flooding and displacement. Israeli restrictions on the entry of tents and tools to repair water and sewage systems have left Gaza poorly equipped to respond, prompting calls for urgent permission to allow supplies. Palestinian Civil Defence in Rafah reported distress calls from camps with flooded tents and people trapped, while rescue teams work with limited equipment to reach those in need. UN OCHA says nearly 850,000 people in 761 displacement sites face the highest flood risk.
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