Heavy rains and gale-force winds have turned life-threatening for Palestinians in Gaza, where the destruction of housing and restrictions on aid have left millions without shelter.

Makeshift tents billowing furiously in the wind. Children wading through ankle-high water. A young boy futilely beating back an oncoming wave with nothing but a broom.

These are just a few of the scenes that came out of Gaza in recent days as its population of nearly two million people was beset by heavy rainfall and punishing winds from Storm Byron, which hit late last week.

According to the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Jerusalem, more than 1.3 million Palestinians in the territory are  without proper shelter following more than two years of relentless Israeli bombing, which  destroyed or damaged over 90 per cent of........

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