A sand cliff or mass collapsed onto tents of displaced people south of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several people amid heavy rains that flooded thousands of tents. Figures were reported successively by local and media sources until Gaza's Civil Defense announced five dead, including three children.
One source focused on the initial rescue operations (recovering a woman's body and searching for a missing child), another relayed an early toll of four dead and six injured citing Gaza-based journalists, while later reports led with the toll of five dead including three children and with figures on the rains and damaged tents.