A 100-degree heat wave in Gaza offers a sweltering glimpse of a tough summer to come

Displaced Palestinians in Rafah sit in the shade of their tent on a 100-degree day in the Gaza Strip. (Anas Baba for NPR)

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — For two sweltering days this week, as temperatures topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit, Mohammad Ayash's tent had become unbearable — so hot, he said, it was like "hell fire."

"Red-hot death. It's killing us," he said.