Wall collapse injures three displaced people in central Gaza
Storms have flooded tents across Gaza, and rescue teams have received more than 2,000 distress calls since the weather turned.
Three Palestinians were injured when a house wall collapsed onto a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Mufti area of central Gaza on Monday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Al-Mufti lies north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The agency reported that heavy rain and strong winds have battered the territory since Friday evening, worsening conditions for families living in worn-out tents.
Gaza's Civil Defence declared a maximum state of emergency as rescue teams struggled to cope with the volume of calls for help, the agency reported.
Rescue teams have received more than 2,000 distress calls since the storm began but can respond to only about a tenth of them, the agency said.
Medical sources estimate that around 350,000 displaced Palestinians are sleeping in the open after their tents were flooded by the storm.
Thousands of tents are waiting at the crossings, but Israeli forces are preventing them from entering, the agency reported.
On Sunday, a woman and four children were killed when a landslide of sand and rocks collapsed onto tents in Deir al-Balah, also in the central Gaza Strip, the agency reported.
Many displaced families across the territory have been living in tents for months, with shelters offering little protection from rain, wind and cold.