“The diesel we use for these pumps comes from the allocation for the wells that are supposed to pump water,” says municipal engineer Imad Abdel Jawad, and this is at a time when their supply is already insufficient. Rainstorms swept through Gaza over the weekend of November 7 and 8, overwhelming damaged sewage networks and makeshift shelters. In some tents in Al Maghazi, the water was well over a foot deep, Jawad says.