Heavy rains cause disasters in the Gaza Strip. Tens of thousands of tents are soaked in water, leaving victims with nowhere to stay.

(Central News Agency, Gaza City, Comprehensive Foreign News Report on the 7th) The Palestinian Authority said that heavy rains hit the war-torn Gaza corridor today, leaving tens of thousands of displaced people living in tents soaked in water, leaving them without shelter.

Agence France-Presse reported that the Hamas-controlled government media office issued a statement stating that on the first day of rain, about "70,000 tents were flooded and tens of thousands of people were affected."

The statement also mentioned that dozens of cracked walls and roofs collapsed across Gaza, causing many injuries, some of them seriously.

Since early this morning, many camps in parts of Gaza City and the central and northern Gaza corridor have been flooded by rain, forcing hundreds of displaced families to evacuate.

Gaza Civil Defense Agency spokesman Bashar told reporters that the authorities received more than 1,500 calls for help overnight. People said their tents were flooded and they were in urgent need of assistance. He said the Civil Protection Service "is currently operating without any equipment or resources".

Bassal said that the authorities have sent an emergency distress signal to the international community and humanitarian organizations, imploring them to take immediate action to help hundreds of thousands of victims out of danger.

Hirsch, 45, who lives with her family in a refugee camp in western Gaza, said, "We didn't have time to save the mattress. All our clothes were soaked. We have to go through this kind of suffering every winter."

Odeh, 34, who lives with her children in Deirbala, central Gaza, told reporters, "We no longer know how to protect our children. My children asked me where I would sleep tonight, but I couldn't answer."

Najar, 41, said: "We are worried about our children, not only because the tents were flooded, but also because the weather is getting colder and the disease is spreading on a large scale."

A coalition of Palestinian civil society organizations issued a statement warning of an imminent "catastrophe that threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents" and cited the risk of the possible spread of disease and infectious diseases.