His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has directed the distribution of tents to shelter 50,000 people in the Gaza Strip as the rainy winter season sets in.
It is part of efforts to support Palestinians facing severe weather conditions and risks of flash floods triggered by winter rainfall.
The tents are being delivered and distributed to several areas across the Strip under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation in collaboration with Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are facing the danger of torrential rain, as heavy rain late on Sunday washed away a rocky sand bank abutting a camp, killing a woman and three children.
According to local authorities, at least 70,000 tents had been flooded in the first hours after heavy rain began on Saturday.
محمد بن راشد يوجه بتوفير خيام تكفي لإيواء 50 ألف شخص في قطاع غزة، عن طريق مؤسسة "مبادرات محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم العالمية"، بما يمكنهم من مواجهة الظروف المناخية ومخاطر السيول الناجمة عن تساقط الأمطار خلال فصل الشتاء. ويتم إيصال الخيام إلى غزة وتوزيعها على مناطق عدة في القطاع،… pic.twitter.com/z1PtKnqkKz
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Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, also took to social media to highlight how the UAE has responded to the "heartbreaking scenes of the people of Gaza facing the winter cold and rain in tents that offer no protection from the harsh conditions".
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