Heavy rainfall batters Gaza, homes destroyed in severe flooding [PHOTOS]

IBTimes Singapore has compiled a series of the photos of the areas worst affected by the floods.

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A Palestinian rides a horse along a flooded path in the northern of Gaza Strip Reuters

Heavy rainfall has caused flooding across the Gaza Strip and Israel, forcing people to evacuate from their makeshift homes. Refugees' impoverished homes in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip were inundated as a winter storm hit the region. The authorities have issued flood warnings for the Judean Desert and Dead Sea regions.

The Ministry of Education in Gaza has closed all schools due to the persistent bad weather, while some universities suspended classes. Muhammad Al-Maydana, Gaza civil defence spokesman told Ma'an News Agency that ten homes were severely flooded in the northern Gaza Strip neighbourhood of Saftawi and had to be evacuated. However, he added that no one was injured.

The authorities said the emergency crews were working continuously to deal with the consequences of the inclement weather. In this picture story, IBTimes Singapore has compiled a series of the photos of the areas worst affected by the floods.

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Flooded houses are seen following heavy rain in a neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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A Palestinian boy removes rainwater from his flooded house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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A Palestinian walks through flood water following heavy rain in a neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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Palestinians inspect a flooded house following heavy rain in a neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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A Palestinian girl walks outside her family house following heavy rain in a neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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A Palestinian who lives in a container as a temporary replacement for his house that was destroyed in the 2014 war, walks next a flooded path Reuters
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A Palestinian walks through flood water following heavy rain in a neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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Palestinian children look at a shelter that was flooded during a rainstorm, in the northern Gaza Strip February 17, 2017 Reuters
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A Palestinian walks through flood water following heavy rain in a neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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A Palestinian girl is seen through a hole in a wall as she wades through floodwaters following a rainstorm, in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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A girl walks outside her family's flooded house following heavy rain in a neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip Reuters
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A rainbow is seen over a concrete barrier in Netiv Haasara, southern Israel Reuters

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