At least 12 people, including a two-week-old baby, died in the Gaza Strip after dayslong torrential rains flooded displacement camps and collapsed buildings damaged by Israel's genocidal war in the coastal enclave.
The downpour, which dumped more than 150 milliliters (9 inches) of rain on some parts of Gaza over the past week, turned dirt lanes to mud and flooded tents in camps for displaced people.
The Gaza Health Ministry said Tuesday the two-week-old died of hypothermia as a result of the weather. The baby was brought to the hospital a few days ago and was transferred to intensive care, but died Monday.
In Gaza City, a man died Tuesday after a home, already damaged during Israeli strikes, collapsed because of the heavy rainfall, according to Shifa Hospital.
Members of the al-Hosari family said 30 people lived in the building, but just nine were home when it collapsed. The man who was killed was a worker who had come to fix the walls, they said. Five people were injured.
