Sand Cliff Collapse Kills Five Palestinians in Gaza Displacement Camp
Translated & summarized from Makan by baba
Five Palestinians, including three children and a woman, died and six were injured when a sand cliff collapsed on tents in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. The Civil Defense attributed the collapse to a recent low-pressure system. This incident highlights warnings from organizations about the risk of over 2,000 damaged buildings collapsing due to war and weather.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Five Palestinians, including three children and a woman, died in a sand cliff collapse in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
- Six others were injured when the cliff fell onto tents housing displaced people.
- Gaza's Civil Defense cited a recent low-pressure system as the cause of the collapse.
- Local and international groups had warned about over 2,000 damaged buildings at risk of collapse.
- The warnings cited extensive war damage and adverse weather conditions as contributing factors.
Five Palestinians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six others injured when a sand cliff collapsed onto tents housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Tuesday evening. Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, stated that the recent low-pressure system caused the incident. Local and international organizations had previously warned about the danger of over two thousand damaged and dilapidated buildings in Gaza collapsing due to extensive war damage and weather conditions, according to Palestinian Affairs correspondent Hassan Abu Zayed.
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