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Five killed as sand embankment collapses on displacement tents in central Gaza

9 November 2026 · Algeria Now

Five killed as sand embankment collapses on displacement tents in central Gaza — Photo : Abedallah Alhaj / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo

At least five Palestinians, including children, were killed when a sand embankment collapsed onto tents in a displacement camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, after two days of torrential rain, according to local health authorities and the Palestinian Civil Defence.

Rescuers pulled injured people from the tents on Sunday, and searches for the missing continued. Civil Defence said it had received at least 1,500 emergency calls as the storm struck. The Government Media Office said about 70,000 tents were flooded and dozens of walls collapsed, and that about 300,000 tents are needed. Nearly 400,000 displaced people are sheltering in areas highly vulnerable to flooding.

Hamas said Israel bore full responsibility because of its restrictions on bringing in tents, mobile homes and other shelter material. Save the Children called the situation entirely foreseeable and said tents, shelter kits and fuel were waiting at Gaza's borders. Israeli authorities, who control the crossings, had not commented at the time of writing.

The collapse follows the flooding of 7 November, when storms swamped camps across the Strip. According to UN figures, Israeli forces have destroyed or damaged at least 92 percent of homes in Gaza since October 2023, leaving about 1.7 million people in makeshift camps. A ceasefire took effect in October 2025, but nearly 1,600 people have been killed since, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

International law is clear on responsibility. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, an occupying power must ensure that the population has adequate shelter and allow relief consignments through. In its advisory opinion of 22 October 2025, the International Court of Justice said Israel must facilitate the delivery of aid by the United Nations and its agencies.

Algeria, which proclaimed the State of Palestine in Algiers in 1988, has repeatedly called for unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza.

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