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Heavy rain flooded tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians' tents in Gaza, and at least five people were killed when a sandbank collapsed in Deir al-Balah. Wafa reported on Sunday that three children were among the dead, and a civil defence spokesman said five wounded people were pulled from the rubble of their tents while teams searched for survivors. COGAT rejected Hamas allegations that it was unprepared for winter rain, saying it had delivered 91,000 new tents, waterproof tarps and 9,000 truckloads of clothing and blankets to offset the flood damage. Middle East Eye reported that Israeli forecaster Tzachi Peleg mocked displaced residents over the flooding in Facebook posts, writing that he had no problem if people did not survive.