5 martyrs including a woman and 3 children due to collapse of a sand cliff on tents of displaced in Deir al-Balah
The death toll from the collapse of a sand cliff on tents of displaced people in the Arb al-Ribat camp in Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip has risen to five martyrs, including a woman and three children, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Rescue teams continue search operations amid fears of missing persons.
The death toll from the collapse of a sand cliff on tents of displaced people in the Arb al-Ribat camp in Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, on Sunday evening, has risen to five martyrs, including a woman and three children, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Medical sources reported the martyrdom of three children, raising the number of victims to five, after a woman was martyred earlier, while rescue teams continue search and sweep operations at the site, amid fears of missing persons. The martyrs are Salah Nabhan, Maryam Nabhan, and Rim, Ibrahim, and Habiba al-Zein, while Tahrir Nabhan was injured with wounds and severe suffocation. The incident comes amid worsening humanitarian conditions for the displaced in the Gaza Strip, with the continued impact of the low-pressure system and heavy rains that have caused tents to flood and shelters to be damaged. National and international institutions have warned of the risk of collapse of more than two thousand damaged, cracked, and dilapidated buildings. The head of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, had called on Saturday for urgent international action to provide temporary housing, while the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of the risks facing displaced families.