Four people, including a teenage girl, have died in Gaza after walls collapsed onto their tents during severe overnight rainfall and strong winds, hospital authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The fatalities highlight the precarious living conditions across the Palestinian territory, which has been grappling with the aftermath of more than two years of devastating Israeli bombardment and persistent aid shortfalls.
Shifa hospital, Gaza City’s largest medical facility, received the casualties and identified the deceased as two women, a 15-year-old girl, and a 72-year-old man. One of the women was killed when a wall fell onto her tent in the western part of the city. In a separate, incident along the Mediterranean shore of Gaza City, the other woman, the teenager, and the elderly man, all from the same family, died under a collapsed wall. At least five other individuals were injured in this second collapse.
