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This was the first rainstorm of a long winter. In Gaza City, one night of heavy rain flooded entire shelter camps. Families watched the tents they had been living in give way, with nowhere dry to go. chuffed.org/project/113222-t… The Israeli military occupation closed the Rafah crossing before the storm, cutting off a route for replacement tents. Now floodwater is rising around families who have already been displaced, and rescue crews are left without the pumps to drain flooded areas or the heavy machinery to clear rubble and reach people trapped beneath collapsed structures, again the occupation denying entry of all this equipment. The rain was forecast. The danger was foreseeable. The decisions that left people exposed were deliberate. This is engineered suffering. Share what happened in Gaza City on November 7. Donate to The Sameer Project’s winter campaign in our General Fund so we can get durable, waterproof tents to families before the next storm. Other ways to donate include: paypal.me/mahertali (Paypal option, please make sure to add a message saying "GENERAL") account.venmo.com/u/Maher-Al… (Venmo option, please make sure to add a message saying "GENERAL")

Gaza is DROWNING. And this should make us angry, furious and outraged! 🚨Urgent support needed 🚨 chuffed.org/project/113222-t… Overnight, thousands of tents collapsed under the storm, with dozens of displacement camps now completely underwater. The rain is expected to continue until Monday. This is the FOURTH winter that Palestinians in Gaza have faced under genocide. After years of bombardment, displacement and destruction, families who have already lost their homes are now watching their only remaining shelter collapse under the rain. Think about what that means: parents trying to keep their children dry, families desperately trying to salvage their belongings from floodwater, people who have already been displaced repeatedly being left with nowhere safe to go. There is something profoundly wrong with a world in which people are forced to fight this hard for the basic right to shelter. They should never have been put in this position. The Sameer Project is already replacing dozens of destroyed tents and arranging truckloads of sand to help absorb water in flooded camps. But the need is far greater than our current resources. We urgently need funding to provide higher-quality, more durable tents. These cost $700, compared to $200 for lower-quality alternatives. Many families are refusing the cheaper tents because they know they will likely break again. We are also looking to buy hundreds of tarps and blankets. They cannot keep starting from nothing every time a storm hits. We are asking you to help us do something tangible. We can’t sink into helplessness. Help us get families out of the floodwater and into shelter that can actually protect them. We cannot stop the storm, but we can refuse to stand by while families face it without protection. Please urgently donate whatever you can and share this appeal. Every contribution brings another family closer to having somewhere safe and dry to sleep: chuffed.org/project/113222-t…