Rains flood Gaza displacement camps as Israeli authorities block entry of shelter materials into territory

Thousands of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians have been flooded by heavy rains overnight, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation.

Scarce aid entering the territory has left tens of thousands of Palestinians in the war-torn enclave exposed to the elements for a fourth winter in a row- with no fuel and nothing but makeshift tents and shelters for protection.

Red Cross spokesperon Amani Al Naouq told Al Jazeera that she has seen footage of “entire families, entire camps” inundated with water and scrambling to drain their tents and protect their belongings and lives.

In October, Director General for the International Organization for Migration Amy Pope warned that nearly all of Gaza's population require shelter assistance, with the combined supply pipeline of humanitarian shelter partners covering barely 17 per cent of identified…