In light of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which continues for the 113th day, heavy rains have increased the suffering of the Palestinian residents displaced from their homes, who are residing in tents they set up in different areas.

Shelter centers and areas where tents were set up in several governorates in Gaza witnessed a rise in rain levels, causing the tents to be submerged in water, and some of them to be blown away and torn.

In a camp in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, families are making attempts to remove the water that has largely infiltrated their tents, using a small bucket, but to no avail.

Some pictures and videos spread on social media showing tents flying and drowning as a result of water leakage, which exacerbated the suffering faced by the displaced in their camps.

Akram Haboush (47 years old), who was displaced from the Al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City and set up his tent in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, told Xinhua News Agency, “The heavy rains flooded my tent and the tents of the displaced with water, causing us to drown and to drown our bedding and clothes.”

Haboush, who supports two children, and whose son was martyred in the war, added, "There are many tents that are not fit to shelter the displaced, who were exposed to rainwater accumulations throughout the last night, without any shelter to provide them with protection from the cold and rain."

He pointed out, "The rains are continuing, and we are making serious efforts to protect ourselves from rainwater by placing some additional nylon bags on the tent, but to no avail, as the water is leaking greatly."

He added: "There is no safe place, no shelter that we can resort to for protection from the water. We are in a tragic situation in every sense of the word. We hope that the war will end soon, and we can return to our homes."

For his part, the spokesman for the Civil Defense Service in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, said in a statement, “The heavy rains in the Gaza Strip caused the drowning of large numbers of displaced people’s tents in various areas in the Strip.”

He added: "We warn of sewage leaking into citizens' homes and shelter centers due to weather conditions, heavy rains, and the lack of hours for pumping sewage due to occupation practices."

Basal warned of major floods in many low-lying areas and tents, after receiving more than a thousand drowning signals in various governorates.

The Civil Defense spokesman called for "the need to provide more fuel to operate the treatment and sewage pumps."

In the governorates of the Gaza Strip, tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced from their areas of residence reside in tents made of nylon and mattresses.

The city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, which the Israeli army called on the residents of the Strip to go to, is witnessing the establishment of the largest camp for the displaced near the border with Egypt.

The United Nations said that 100,000 Palestinians were forced by the Israeli bombing of the central regions and Khan Yunis to head to the Rafah area, near the Egyptian-Palestinian border.

Today (Saturday), the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll of Palestinians in Gaza had risen to 26,257.

The Health Ministry said in a statement, “The Israeli occupation committed 18 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, claiming 174 dead and 310 wounded during the past 24 hours.”

It pointed out that "the toll of the Israeli aggression has risen to 26,257 dead and 64,797 wounded since the seventh of last October."