Four killed in sand embankment collapse in Gaza

Torrential rain in Gaza caused a sand embankment to collapse on to tents, killing a woman and three small children in an incident that highlighted the danger facing hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians as the rainy winter season sets in. Medics said heavy rain late on Sunday washed away a rocky sand bank abutting a camp for displaced families south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. A woman and two of her children, aged eight and six, were killed. A fourth child, aged four, was also killed and six others were injured Witnesses recount struggle to save people buried in ‘horrifying’ Gaza landslide