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Gazans suffer another winter storm without proper shelters

Gaza’s first winter storm destroys displacement tents, leaving thousands exposed to the elements.

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Ahmed al-Najjar
Press TV, Khan Yunis

In Gaza, the arrival of the season’s first winter storm has swept through overcrowded displacement camps, destroying tens of thousands of fragile tents and leaving families completely exposed to the elements.

With vital infrastructure in ruins and the Israeli blockade preventing the entry of basic shelter materials, local emergency and civil defense crews say their response capacity has been entirely paralyzed, leaving them unable to reach thousands of desperate calls for help.