Eight Palestinians were reported killed and others injured in an Israeli drone strike and a sand embankment collapse in Gaza on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
An Israeli drone strike near the Tayba Towers, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, killed Narmin Sa’id al-Amour and Mahmoud Fadel Abu Hammad and injured others, local sources said.
Another Israeli drone strike injured four people, one critically, in Bir al-Na’ja, west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday morning, the sources said.
They also reported heavy fire from Israeli military vehicles south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and renewed artillery shelling in northeastern Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip.
UN human rights officials have reported continued Israeli attacks despite the “ceasefire.” The blockade and border-crossing restrictions have hampered relief deliveries as winter approaches.
The Palestinian Information Center said six people, including a mother and her daughter, died when a sand embankment collapsed onto tents at the Ard al-Ribat shelter site, also known as Hawouz al-Baraka, near Al-Mujahideen Mosque in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Others were injured, some critically, as rescue crews searched for missing people.
The report named the six collapse victims as Salah Nabhan, Mariam Nabhan, Tahrir Nabhan, Reem az-Zein, Ibrahim az-Zein and Habiba az-Zein.
🚨 BREAKING: The bodies of two children and two women have been recovered from beneath collapsed sand that buried tents sheltering displaced families near Al-Baraka water reservoir, west of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
Rescue teams are still searching for missing people beneath the sand.
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) November 8, 2026
Medical sources cited by WAFA named the dead as Salah Nabhan, Mariam Nabhan, Reem az-Zein, Ibrahim az-Zein and Habiba az-Zein. Tahrir Nabhan suffered injuries and severe breathing difficulties.
Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said emergency crews rushed to the site. Heavy rain has flooded tents and damaged shelters across Gaza, worsening conditions for families displaced by destruction caused by Israeli bombing.
Al Jazeera reported on November 8 that Jonathan Veitch, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Palestine, warned that heavy rain and severe cold threatened children in poorly protected tents.
Rainwater mixed with sewage could overflow from the Sheikh Radwan retention pond in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, posing a public health risk, he said. UNICEF called for water and sanitation repair equipment, winter supplies and more humanitarian funding.
تغمر الأمطار الغزيرة الخيام في أنحاء #قطاع_غزة، في أحدث تهديد لحياة #الأطفال.
في بركة الشيخ رضوان، قد تفيض مياه الأمطار المختلطة بمياه الصرف الصحي، مما ينذر بأزمة صحية عامة.
تجدد اليونيسف دعوتها إلى السماح بدخول المعدات اللازمة لإصلاح أنظمة المياه والصرف الصحي. https://t.co/Hnn1d772zT
— UNICEF Palestine (@UNICEFpalestine) November 7, 2026
Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said displaced Palestinians faced another winter amid rubble, flooded tents, overflowing sewage and shortages of warm clothing.
He called for uninterrupted, unobstructed aid access. UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma urged the entry of equipment to clear sewage and repair water and sanitation networks.
I hope you are all sleeping safely in your homes, surrounded by your families. I hope every child has warm clothes and every parent can provide the care their children need.
I hope your children have umbrellas, raincoats, and rain boots for school. I hope your cities are prepared to respond to winter emergencies.
Of course, sharing this news will change nothing for our families in Gaza, just as the warnings issued days ago changed nothing.
Tonight, at 8:30 p.m., as families slept on the ground inside their tents, a massive landslide of soil and rocks buried at least two families in Deir al-Balah.
The victims have been identified as:
Habiba Hossam al-Zain, 4 years old
Reem Hossam al-Zain
Ibrahim Hossam al-ZainSalah Nabhan, 7 years old
Mariam NabhanThe mothers of these five children remain in critical condition.
The father of the first three children had already been killed by Israel.
I hope everyone has heat in their homes.
— Mosab Abu Toha (@MosabAbuToha) November 8, 2026
International Organization for Migration Director-General Amy Pope said floods were washing away tents and forcing families to wade through water to reach their children. She announced plans to send more than 4,000 tents to Gaza, but said tents alone could not withstand floods, and durable shelter materials were urgently needed.
GAZA CHILDREN SLEEP IN SOAKED BEDS with 70,000 TENTS FLOODED in just 12 hours of BRUTAL STORM — Al Zazeera
Over a million displaced Palestinians affected by the first winter storm, while aid groups say Israeli restrictions on shelter supplies are leaving families in danger https://t.co/Wye9zt9pAj
— RT (@RT_com) November 8, 2026
Tania Hary, executive director of Israeli rights organization Gisha, said more tents were not enough and called for reconstruction without conditions, Al Jazeera reported.
Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 1,610 Palestinians killed and 5,819 injured since October 11, 2025, in figures cited by WAFA on November 8.
The ministry’s November 7 update recorded 74,640 Palestinians killed and 175,947 injured since October 7, 2023. These totals predate Sunday’s incidents. The ministry said dangerous conditions prevented ambulance and rescue crews from reaching victims beneath rubble and on roads.
