GAZA (Dispatches) -- Israeli fire killed a Palestinian man and wounded at least four others in Gaza on Tuesday, while the death toll from a weekend storm that flooded tens of thousands of tents rose as rescue teams struggled to reach families trapped under collapsed sandbanks.
Medical sources said a 26-year-old man was shot dead by Israeli forces in the Batn al-Samin area south of Khan Younis. 
A 5-year-old child was wounded by gunfire inside the Mustafa Hafez School sheltering displaced Palestinians in western Khan Younis, and a displaced woman was shot in the Bir 19 area of al-Mawasi. 
Israeli naval forces opened fire on fishing boats off Khan Younis, wounding a fisherman and setting two vessels ablaze, while a boy was injured when Israeli military vehicles fired toward tents in southern Khan Younis. 
Witnesses reported intense artillery shelling south and east of the city, and in central Gaza, Israeli vehicles conducted a limited incursion southeast of Maghazi refugee camp, blowing up homes. 
Since the sham U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, at least 1,613 Palestinians have been killed and 5,833 wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The violence came as the full scale of the storm disaster emerged. More than 70,000 tents were flooded within hours of heavy rain beginning Friday, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. 
In Deir al-Balah, a sand embankment collapsed onto tents late Sunday, killing two women and three children, including a four-year-old. 
A relative of the victims told Reuters: “Whoever did not die from bombs and missiles is dying from buildings collapsing on them, from the collapse of sand and mountains on them.”
UN humanitarian coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov said the vulnerability was “man-made,” citing devastated infrastructure, Israeli restrictions on preparations, and worn-out tents that cannot withstand what would be a moderate storm elsewhere. 
More than 150,000 tents purchased by humanitarian partners and member states are stranded outside Gaza awaiting Israeli approval for entry. 
Save the Children’s regional director Ahmad Alhendawi said: “Tents, shelter kits and fuel are waiting at Gaza’s borders while children sleep in floodwater, because the Israeli authorities are blocking their entry. This is a choice, and children are paying the price.”
Hamas on Monday said the Board of Peace is distorting the flood crisis by overlooking Israel’s role in obstructing aid and the ceasefire roadmap. 
“Children dying under the sand and in rainwater are not parties to the negotiations,” the group said, demanding unconditional opening of crossings for shelter materials and a binding timetable for Israel’s withdrawal. 
The mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey had warned in August that Israeli violations were undermining the plan’s second phase, Hamas noted.