With every rainfall, Gaza risks losing access to power and healthcare
Al Jazeera · 13 Nov 2026

With every rainfall, Gaza risks losing access to power and healthcare

Heavy rains flood shelters, damage solar power systems and threat essential healthcare services. Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – As the rain intensified, 65-year-old Abu Sajed rushed to place buckets and pots strategically around his modest room in central Gaza. The stone walls and tarpaulin roof offered little protection to his makeshift home, east of Salah al-Din Street, near the “Yellow Line” in Bureij refugee camp. “We could no longer stay in bed because of the heavy rain.


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