Deir al-Balah City, Gaza Strip - Nov 26, 2025 (Unifeed - No access Chinese mainland/Not for sale)
1. Various of people walking on muddy ground between tents
2. Various of children wading through water, playing in rainwater puddle formed between tents
3. Various of people standing in rainwater puddle
4. Various of displaced resident Ahmad al-Baghdadi attempting to push rainwater away from his tent by building soil embankments
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad al-Baghdadi, resident:
"Our situation has become unbearable. We got flooded out, and we have no bedding or anything left inside the tent, which collapsed on us. What you see outside, it's even worse inside. Our situation is not just tragic - it is worse than bad. Why have we ended up here? What can we do other than grab a shovel, chase the water, and build sand barriers? This is all we can do."
6. Children playing in rainwater puddle
7. Various of displaced resident Ayman Abu Maileq trying to push rainwater away from his tent by building soil embankments
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ayman Abu Maileq, resident:
"Water has flooded into our tent, and all our bedding is floating. Its almost like we need a boat. Look at our bedding—how it has sunk—and look at our situation now. We appeal to the entire world to stand with us urgently. We are a wounded, powerless people, and we bear no responsibility for what is happening."
9. People walking on muddy ground
10. Containers, rope, tools on muddy ground
11. Children standing on muddy ground

Several days of heavy rainfall in Gaza have added to the misery of displaced Palestinians, who are struggling with floodwater, cold winter weather and a severe lack of necessary supplies.

In central Gaza, inundating tents in a camp for displaced civilians and leaving the ground thick with mud as the floodwater receded. Residents are using simple tools to build soil embankments around their tents to keep water out, saying there is not much more they can do in the circumstances.

"Our situation has become unbearable. We got flooded out, and we have no bedding or anything left inside the tent, which collapsed on us. What you see outside, it's even worse inside. Our situation is not just tragic - it is worse than bad. Why have we ended up here? What can we do other than grab a shovel, chase the water, and build sand barriers? This is all we can do," said Ahmad al-Baghdadi, a resident.

Other residents called for urgent international support.

"Water has flooded into our tent, and all our bedding is floating. Its almost like we need a boat. Look at our bedding—how it has sunk—and look at our situation now. We appeal to the entire world to stand with us urgently. We are a wounded, powerless people, and we bear no responsibility for what is happening," said Ayman Abu Maileq, a resident.

The UN and its partners are working to mitigate the latest crisis, including filling empty sacks of flour and food with sand to contain flooding in displacement camps. But UN agencies say more needs to be done in the face of Israel's refusal to allow critical items and key aid workers, including some UN partner NGOs, into the enclave. The UN says it is making representations to Israeli authorities to lift restrictions on critical aid supplies so desperately needed by civilians in Gaza.