Gaza landslide kills five as rescuers dig for family buried in camp collapse

A landslide triggered by high winds and heavy rain in Gaza collapsed a sand bank onto a camp for displaced families on Sunday, killing five people and crushing at least three tents. Witnesses described a frantic rescue effort to save three family members buried beneath the debris. The victims included an eight-year-old, a six-year-old, and their mother, whose father survived because he was outside the tent. Rescuers used hammers and shovels to break a large boulder and dig through sand, with one witness comparing the collapse to an explosion. The UN reported over 26,000 households suffered shelter damage from weekend rainstorms. Most of Gaza's 2.3 million residents live in tents or ruined buildings after Israel's two-year military assault, with reconstruction stalled. Unicef warned the collapse was inevitable due to extreme overcrowding, while the Hamas-run media office said about 70,000 tents were flooded. A US-brokered ceasefire has failed to advance rebuilding, as Israel blocks prefabricated homes and restricts materials, though it says over 91,000 tents have been delivered.