December 13, 2025
13 Gazans killed by heavy rains hit lands
Thousands of flood-prone tents and makeshift shelters now line areas cleared of rubble in Gaza. Photo: AFP GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defense agency said on Friday that at least 13 people had died in the past 24 hours, including three children who died from exposure to the cold, as a winter storm battered the area. Heavy rainfall from Storm Byron has flooded tents and makeshift shelters across the Gaza Strip since late Wednesday, compounding the plight of the area’s residents, nearly all of whom have been displaced during more than two years of war. Gaza’s civil defense agency, which acts












