Photos of thunderstorms flooding Gaza’s tent camps, complicating life for displaced Palestinians
Palestinians cross a flooded street following heavy rain in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
GAZA CITY (AP) — Thunderstorms are rolling across camps housing thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza this week, turning dirt lanes to mud and flooding tents. Some residents have grabbed buckets and brooms to keep the water away. In crowded, makeshift neighborhoods, daily tasks like cooking, fetching drinking water and transporting supplies have become much more arduous during winter’s heavy rains.
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Clothes hang at the entrance of a tent next to flooded area in a temporary camp for displaced Palestinians after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Clothes hang at the entrance of a tent next to flooded area in a temporary camp for displaced Palestinians after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinian children play beside a makeshift tent camp where they take shelter in Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinian children play beside a makeshift tent camp where they take shelter in Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A man clears water from his tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians following heavy rain in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A man clears water from his tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians following heavy rain in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Pans, bowls, and other utensils are seen in a flooded area where Lamia Abdel Dayem lives in a temporary tent camp for displaced Palestinians after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Pans, bowls, and other utensils are seen in a flooded area where Lamia Abdel Dayem lives in a temporary tent camp for displaced Palestinians after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians walk through muddy pathways as a man and children carry cooking equipment at a camp in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk through muddy pathways as a man and children carry cooking equipment at a camp in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian boy walks through an area in a temporary tent camp after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian boy walks through an area in a temporary tent camp after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians ride in a cart pulled by a vehicle through a flooded street after stormy weather in Gaza City Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians ride in a cart pulled by a vehicle through a flooded street after stormy weather in Gaza City Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinian children walk through a tent camp amid stormy weather on the beach in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinian children walk through a tent camp amid stormy weather on the beach in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Hosni Abu Reda clears water from his tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians following heavy rain in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Hosni Abu Reda clears water from his tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians following heavy rain in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Carrying a plastic bag with bread, Tahreer Al-Rawagh, 8, looks on as he stands in a flooded area in a temporary tent camp after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Carrying a plastic bag with bread, Tahreer Al-Rawagh, 8, looks on as he stands in a flooded area in a temporary tent camp after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A thunderstorm is seen over a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A thunderstorm is seen over a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)