2 Palestinians wounded as rain causes collapse of wall in Israeli-damaged building in Gaza

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Two Palestinians were injured in northern Gaza on Saturday after rain caused a wall in a building damaged by earlier Israeli shelling to collapse, a medical source told Anadolu. Eyewitnesses said heavy rain flooded thousands of displacement tents near Gaza City’s port, west of Deir al-Balah, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp, and in Jabalia and Beit Lahia. The developments came as a low-pressure system accompanied by a cold air mass and heavy rainfall affected the Gaza Strip, compounding the hardship of thousands of displaced Palestinians sheltering in worn-out tents without heating or adequate protection from rain and cold, amid widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure caused by Israel’s genocidal war.

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The article describes thousands of displaced Palestinians in worn-out tents without heating or rain protection. It does not say that Israeli authorities are preventing tents, caravans, construction materials and fuel from entering Gaza. A reader may think the lack of shelter comes only from past destruction and the weather, and not from a blockade still in force.

How we know

Al Jazeera English reported“tents and caravans remain in critically short supply as Israeli authorities continue to prevent their entry into the Gaza Strip, alongside the delivery of critical construction materials and fuel”‘Helpless’: The families facing winter in tents on the beach in Gaza (opens in a new tab)

Since October 2023, Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and wounded over 175,000 others, in addition to causing widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure.

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Anadolu reports that two Palestinians were injured when rain brought down a wall in a building already damaged by Israeli shelling, and that heavy rain flooded thousands of displacement tents. It names Israel as the cause of the damage and the destruction, and calls the war genocidal in its own voice. The article does not say that Israel is blocking tents, caravans and building materials from entering Gaza, which is a minor gap.

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The article describes thousands of displaced Palestinians in worn-out tents without heating or rain protection. It does not say that Israeli authorities are preventing tents, caravans, construction materials and fuel from entering Gaza. A reader may think the lack of shelter comes only from past destruction and the weather, and not from a blockade still in force.
How we know
- Al Jazeera English reported“tents and caravans remain in critically short supply as Israeli authorities continue to prevent their entry into the Gaza Strip, alongside the delivery of critical construction materials and fuel”‘Helpless’: The families facing winter in tents on the beach in Gaza (opens in a new tab)
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“a building damaged by earlier Israeli shelling”
Anadolu names who damaged the building, so the collapse is not left as a natural accident with no actor behind it.
“widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure caused by Israel’s genocidal war”
The outlet names Israel as the cause of the destruction and calls the war genocidal in its own voice, in line with the documented record.
“Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians”
The toll carries the word killed and a named actor, with no hedge on the Palestinian dead.

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Al Jazeera English‘Helpless’: The families facing winter in tents on the beach in Gaza (opens in a new tab)

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