Children and families in Gaza scooped muddy water from their tents Tuesday, trying to protect the few belongings that remain after two years of war.
Winter’s heavy rains have left displaced Palestinians splashing in water that reaches their ankles, and blaming both Israel and Hamas for the misery that remains despite a cease-fire.
“All tents were destroyed,” said Assmaa Fayad in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, whose shelter was damaged in Tuesday’s latest downpour.
“Where is Hamas? Where are the people to see this rain and how our children are drowning?”
A Hamas spokesperson, Hazem Qassem, lashed out in a message on Telegram: “All the world’s efforts to alleviate the disaster have failed because of the Israeli siege.”