Gaza Municipality Mayor Yahya Al-Sarraj: There are major fears of a repeat of the Deir al-Balah disaster in the coming period amid the presence of camps in low-lying areas, near the sea, between sand dunes and buildings at risk of collapse.

Several citizens injured, one in critical condition

Several citizens were injured, one in critical condition, as a result of shelling carried out by an Israeli drone that targeted a group near Al-Tayyib Hall west of Jabalia in northern Gaza

Gaza Government Media Office: We are following with great anger and sorrow the worsening humanitarian catastrophe hitting the Gaza Strip, which has appeared in its ugliest form with the start of the first low-pressure system amid a catastrophic winter we have repeatedly warned about.

Gaza Government Media Office: ▪We are following with great anger and sorrow the worsening humanitarian catastrophe hitting the Gaza Strip, which has appeared in its ugliest form with the start of the first low-pressure system amid a catastrophic winter we have repeatedly warned about. ▪During just 12 hours of this first low-pressure system, a truly horrific tragedy occurred, represented by the flooding of 70,000 tents sheltering tens of displaced people and the collapse of a sand cliff and dozens of walls onto the tents of unarmed displaced people, specifically in the city of Deir al-Balah, which resulted in the martyrdom of four martyrs (killed), the loss of two others including children and women, the injury of dozens with varying wounds, and initial material losses amounting to about 3 million dollars. ▪This catastrophic and blatant scene, which shames humanity, is not merely the result of weather factors but is the inevitable and direct result of a fully constituted crime committed by the "Israeli" occupation through its systematic destruction of more than 90% of the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, with deliberate and intentional focus on destroying sewage networks and rainwater drainage networks. ▪This comprehensive destruction of infrastructure is one of the main reasons that led to the flooding of hundreds of shelter camps at this record speed and their turning into pools of mud and death. ▪What happened of the flooding of the camps and the collapse of sand over the heads of the displaced comes in the context of the crime of genocide ongoing for the third consecutive year, amid the suffocating siege and the arbitrary measures represented in reducing displacement areas and moving the "yellow line," which forced citizens to resort to geographical areas that are extremely dangerous and lack the minimum necessities of life and safety. ▪We hold the "Israeli" occupation, the American administration, and the entire international community fully and directly responsible for this humanitarian catastrophe and the serious repercussions of the low-pressure system, as a result of the utter silence over the crimes of the "Israeli" occupation and the complicity in closing the crossings and preventing the entry of infrastructure repair materials, sewage networks, rainwater drainage networks, basic reconstruction materials, shelter supplies, mobile homes (caravans), fuel, and spare parts necessary to operate municipality and civil defense machinery. ▪We strongly warn of an impending catastrophe represented by the collapse of dozens of cracked and near-collapsing buildings, which have become at risk of complete collapse over the heads of their residents and surroundings due to exposure to intense bombardment during the genocide war ongoing for 3 consecutive years. ▪We profoundly condemn and denounce the state of failure and total absence of the "Peace Council" as well as the "National Committee for Managing Gaza," as if the matter does not concern them. ▪This nonexistent role and the blatant abandonment of the responsibilities assigned to them in these deadly exceptional circumstances raise major question marks about the usefulness of the existence of these bodies, which stand idly by in the face of the suffering and blood of our afflicted Palestinian people, and are content with empty slogans without any real movement on the ground to save the displaced or strengthen their resilience. ▪We issue an urgent and emphatic appeal to all international and human rights institutions, led by the United Nations, to intervene immediately and urgently and stand up to their humanitarian, legal, moral, and historical responsibilities to compel the occupation to open the crossings and allow the entry of all humanitarian and relief needs, heavy equipment, and the requirements of destroyed infrastructure, enabling the civil defense teams and municipalities to save the lives of the displaced and provide them with protection. ▪We call on all members of our Palestinian people to stand together in this ordeal and appeal to the shelter committees in the Gaza Strip and respected citizens to fully cooperate with the municipality teams and facilitate their work, especially with regard to opening sand quarries within the municipalities' jurisdiction to enable them to protect the remaining tents from flooding. ▪We affirm that issuing statements does not absolve anyone of their responsibilities, and that what is required now is real, actual, material, and moral movement to strengthen the capacities of our local institutions, especially the civil defense apparatus and municipalities that are working with near-zero capabilities, instead of waiting for new disasters to occur whose consequences everyone will bear.

An Israeli drone strike on the Al-Faluja area west of Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza.

Director of the Government Media Office in Gaza: We hold the occupation and the U.S. administration responsible for the repercussions of the humanitarian catastrophe.

Director of the Government Media Office in Gaza: ▪ We hold the occupation and the U.S. administration responsible for the repercussions of the humanitarian catastrophe. ▪ We warn of an imminent disaster represented by the collapse of dozens of cracked buildings over the heads of their residents. ▪ We condemn the state of negligence by the national committee concerned with managing the affairs of the sector. ▪ We issue an urgent appeal to all الجهات to ضرورة open the crossings to allow the entry of aid immediately. ▪ Issuing statements does not absolve anyone of their responsibilities, and what is required is material and moral action.