On Sunday evening, a sand cliff in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza collapsed onto a cluster of tents sheltering displaced families, killing at least five Palestinians—including three children and a woman—according to Xinhua on Nov. 9, 2026.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense, said the cliff gave way because heavy rain had softened the sand, causing the collapse. He added that the incident had injured several other people, some seriously, and that rescue teams were continuing to search for missing individuals.
The collapse came one day after a low‑pressure weather system brought intense rainfall that flooded some 70,000 tents across the Gaza Strip, worsening living conditions for the displaced population.
No other independent sources have yet confirmed the details of the incident, and no additional casualty or rescue reports have been released as of the story’s publication.
