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‘We do not want to die from the cold’: Gaza families struggle as rain floods shelters

Middle East Eye7 November 2026, 15:06 UTCPalestine

‘We do not want to die from the cold’: Gaza families struggle as rain floods shelters Mansour al-Sakni, 33, watched helplessly as rainwater flooded the makeshift shelter on the roof of a building in Gaza City's al-Tuffah neighbourhood, where he lives with his wife and four children. The family had replaced their old tarpaulins with new ones just two weeks ago. Sakni had sold two water barrels so they could buy new sheets to keep them dry and sheltered. But when the first winter storm swept across the Gaza Strip, the canopy offered little protection.

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