Floods by heavy rains in the Gaza Strip have forced more than 5,000 people to evacuate from their homes.
Rescue workers rowed boats to reach trapped residents amid the floodwaters.
Hamas government announced that thousands of people have been moved to temporary shelters such as schools, after the heavy rain over the past four days.
United Nations officials have described parts of the northern Gaza Strip as a disaster area.
“Areas around Jabaliya have become a massive lake with 2m-high waters engulfing homes and stranding thousands,” stated a spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) for Palestine Refugees.
