SHOTLIST:

KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE (NOV. 16, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. PALESTINIAN FAMILY TRYING TO CLEAR THEIR TENT FROM MUD

2. PALESTINIAN WOMAN SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Arabic) AS MAN CLEANS MUD

3. VARIOUS OF FLOODED TENTS AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS / FAMILY TRYING TO CLEAN TENT / CHILDREN AROUND

4. VARIOUS OF WET TENTS, MUDDY GROUND

5. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN MAN SPEAKING TO REPORTER AS HE SHOWS WET BLANKETS AND TENT (Arabic)

6. VARIOUS OF SUBMERGED ROADS AND TENTS / PEOPLE TRYING TO DRAIN WATER OUT OF TENTS KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE - NOV. 16, 2025: Displaced Palestinians, unable to return to their homes due to the Israeli army’s continued control over areas “beyond the green line,” are struggling with increasingly harsh living conditions in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

As heavy rain and cold weather hit the region, floodwaters seeped into the makeshift tents where families have taken refuge.

Civilians worked to drain the water trying to protect their few remaining belongings from further damage.

Many shelters were soaked, leaving families—already enduring months of displacement—with little protection from the winter conditions.

Residents report that the worsening weather has made survival even more difficult, with limited access to adequate shelter, heating, clean water, and sanitation.

For the third consecutive day, Gaza has been affected by a weather depression accompanied by cold air, rain, and strong winds, with meteorological forecasts expecting it to subside by Sunday evening.

Stormy winds have caused thousands of tents to collapse or be blown away, leaving families staying on the streets and forcing many to seek shelter inside destroyed buildings that pose serious safety risks.

In a statement, the Gaza Civil Defense renewed warnings about the “risk of destroyed, structurally unstable buildings collapsing on their occupants” due to heavy rain and winds.

According to the Gaza Media Office, 1.5 million Palestinians are displaced in Gaza, living in catastrophic conditions with little access to basic necessities and severely limited essential services due to Israel’s ongoing blockade.

Israel has killed more than 69,000 people, mostly women and children, in attacks in Gaza since October 2023 and reduced it to rubble.