About 1,542 tents housing displaced people in displacement camps and shelters in the Gaza Strip were flooded by rainwater that hit the Palestinian atmosphere over the past two days.

The media office of the General Directorate of Civil Defense said in a statement on Wednesday that rescue teams had monitored hundreds of tents that were flooded with rainwater at a level exceeding 30 cm, and that many of the displaced people suffered from shivering due to the cold and the damage to their belongings and bedding.

Civil Defense crews in Gaza Governorate monitored 242 tents flooded by rainwater in each of the camps set up on the grounds of Yarmouk Stadium and Gaza Municipality Park, 185 tents set up on the grounds of Al-Saraya Complex, and 70 tents set up on the grounds of Al-Shuja'iyya parking lot.

In Rafah Governorate, 170 tents were also monitored, flooded with water, erected on the sea road and around the “Fash Farsh” rest area.

In Khan Yunis, in the area of Al-Aqsa University, the vicinity of Asdaa Prison, and the Al-Amal neighborhood pool, more than 665 tents were damaged and flooded, according to the Civil Defense.

While in the central governorate, the flooded tents were concentrated in the area west of Deir al-Balah, in Bassa, around al-Baraka, and in Wadi al-Salqa, and amounted to 210 tents.

The media office added in its statement that these tents were exposed to rainwater leakage at a level exceeding 30 cm, while hundreds of other tents were exposed to rainwater below this level, and the displaced people in them were unable to use them until the depression ended.