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The families have been moved to shelters.\r\n\t\r\n\tThe Ministry of Social Affairs said that it has provided nearly 500 families (3,200 people) with shelter and emergency aid, including food and bedding.\r\n\t\r\n\tPalestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh is urging the international community to help Gazans during this natural disaster.","content_html":"<p>\r\n\tA winter storm of unparalleled dimensions has left hundreds of families in Gaza homeless, the Middle East Monitor has reported.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tLocal Palestinian sources have told the Palestine Information Centre that hundreds of homes across the Gaza Strip are now flooded, as civil defense and rescue teams struggle to provide assistance to those affected by the storm.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tThe Hamas ruled government in Gaza stated that 15 rescue shelters had been opened to accommodate displaced families in Gaza, mainly in the central and northern towns.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tAccording to local emergency units, dozens of homes were flooded, as the water level increased, when Israel opened the dams, east of Deir al-Balah.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tAccording to local residents, Israel opened the dam unexpectedly in Wadi al-Salqa, flooding nearly twenty houses in al Mashaalah area, south of Deir al-Balah.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tCivil defence crews evacuated those who were trapped, while local authorities attempted to set up sand dams in order to control the water flow.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tAlso flooded are a number of homes in the northern Gaza Strip and al Berka, northwest of Gaza City.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tMeanwhile, in Wadi Gaza, families were evacuated due to concerns over the rising water level.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tIn Khan Yunis, nearly 100 homes housing 20 families have been destroyed. The families have been moved to shelters.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tThe Ministry of Social Affairs said that it has provided nearly 500 families (3,200 people) with shelter and emergency aid, including food and bedding.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tPalestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh is urging the international community to help Gazans during this natural disaster.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2013-12-14 14:18:00","content_date_finish":"2013-12-14 14:18:00","content_date_register":"2013-12-14 14:18:00","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"121351","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3601578712","attach_date_register":"2013-12-14 14:18:25","attach_id":"115901","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"498","attach_img_height":"332","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"320","visit_date_last":"2025-05-09 05:33:46","attach_title":"Gazans left homeless by winter storm","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]