Conditions deteriorate amid floods, escalating food shortages and waves of disease while Israel announces death of nine soldiers
Heavy winter rains have lashed Gaza, washing out tents and flooding some areas, as the head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees described deteriorating conditions in the coastal strip as a “living hell”.
Amid escalating shortages of food, spreading waves of communicable disease, and a health system that has largely collapsed, the winter storm turned large areas to mud and drenched many of those sleeping in makeshift plastic tents.