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<article data-history-node-id="432636" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-media-office-over-250000-palestinians-impacted-storm" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-media-office-over-250000-palestinians-impacted-storm" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza media office: More than 250,000 Palestinians impacted by storm</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Gaza's Government Media Office has issued updates detailing the extent of the devastation left by Storm Byron across Gaza.</p> <p>It confirmed that rescue teams had recovered the bodies of 11 people. They are continuing to search for one missing person who disappeared under the rubble of a collapsed building.</p> <p>A total of 13 houses collapsed across Gaza, causing casualties, while over 27,000 tents were swept away or submerged in rainfall, with over 53,000 tents damaged.</p> <p>It further reported that more than 250,000 displaced Palestinians were impacted by the storm, with another 1.5 million people sheltering in tents partially effected.</p> <p>Meanwhile Gaza's already war-battered infrastructure and roads have been further eroded, impeding access for ambulances and civil defence vehicles.&nbsp;</p> <p>The enclave's scarce remaining agricultural areas have been further damaged, including crops and greenhouses.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432384" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/photos-rescuers-search-remains-victims-bureij-refugee-camp" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/photos-rescuers-search-remains-victims-bureij-refugee-camp" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">In photos: Rescuers search for remains of victims in Bureij refugee camp</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Civil Defence personnel use an excavator to search for the remains of victims in the rubble of a destroyed building in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2b38396f-b98a-42fb-bfa6-a03ac8a3b060" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_87BG7HC.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Civil Defence personnel use an excavator to search for the remains of victims in the rubble of a destroyed building in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Civil Defence personnel use an excavator to search for the remains of victims in the rubble of a destroyed building in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Palestinian men search the rubble of a destroyed building for the remains of victims in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cfe56c1f-9eb3-4128-8050-8b04eea66e05" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_87BG7GW.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Palestinian men search the rubble of a destroyed building for the remains of victims in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinian men search the rubble of a destroyed building for the remains of victims in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Civil Defence personnel use an excavator to search for the remains of victims in the rubble of a destroyed building in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d606b546-b509-445c-a740-026366437dd6" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_87BG7GG.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Civil Defence personnel use an excavator to search for the remains of victims in the rubble of a destroyed building in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image"> </div> <figcaption>Civil Defence personnel use an excavator to search for the remains of victims in the rubble of a destroyed building in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 6 December, 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432225" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-16500-gaza-patients-still-need-urgent-treatment-abroad" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-16500-gaza-patients-still-need-urgent-treatment-abroad" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN: 16,500 Gaza patients still need urgent treatment abroad</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="440" data-start="218">United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said more than 16,500 Palestinian patients still require life-saving treatment outside the Gaza Strip, underscoring the scale of Israel’s ongoing blockade on medical movement.</p> <p data-end="802" data-start="442">Despite the ceasefire announced on 10 October, Israeli forces continue military operations across Gaza, killing and injuring Palestinians on a near-daily basis. At the same time, Israeli authorities keep tight restrictions on the entry of food, medicine and essential medical supplies, deepening a humanitarian catastrophe for Gaza’s 2.4 million residents.</p> <p data-end="958" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="804">Hospitals, already shattered by sustained Israeli attacks, remain overwhelmed and unable to cope, as preventable deaths mount under siege-like conditions.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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