A powerful storm system lashed Gaza overnight and into early Friday, killing two Palestinian brothers in Gaza City and pushing the enclave’s weather-related death toll to four in the past 24 hours, medical sources said.
The storm – fueled by a deepening low-pressure front – pounded the Gaza Strip for a third straight day, unleashing heavy rain, strong winds and flooding that left hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians struggling to stay safe inside fragile tents.
Khader and Khalil Iyhab Hanouna died when a rain-soaked wall collapsed onto their tent in central Gaza City, according to the sources, who spoke to Anadolu Agency (AA).
Their deaths followed two other fatalities linked to the storm in the same 24-hour period.
One Palestinian was killed when his home collapsed in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, while a young girl died of exposure after her family’s tent flooded in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
