Deadly floods in Gaza killed at least five displaced Palestinians, including three children, and flooded 70,000 tents over the weekend.

A sand embankment collapsed onto tents in a displacement camp south of Deir al-Balah on Saturday, killing at least five people. Gaza's rescue service said the dead included three children and two women. The Independent reported that a woman, her two children aged eight and six, and three other children from the same family were among the victims.

Torrential rain over 12 hours flooded approximately 70,000 tents across Gaza, affecting an estimated 350,000 people including 210,000 children, according to Save the Children. The floods displaced around 100,000 people in an area where 21,000 people live per square kilometre.

Children were seen wading through water mixed with mud and sewage up to their abdomens. Medical workers warned of rising respiratory infections, water-borne diseases and hypothermia. Dr Goher Rahbour, a British surgeon at Nasser Hospital, said tents were pitched in basin-like areas where floodwater pools. The floods disrupted 55 learning spaces serving 55,000 children.

Israel's restrictions on aid entering Gaza have made it near impossible to get replacement materials to the camps, aid agencies said. Israel's COGAT said the humanitarian situation was "the best it has been since the beginning of the war" and cited 91,000 tents and 8,200 trucks of supplies provided since the ceasefire.

17 MEPs urged Belgium on Wednesday to evacuate 1,800 Palestinians holding valid Belgian visas, including 10 university students still trapped in Gaza. One visa holder, Bardees Abu Kweik, said: "We are still in Gaza, holding valid Belgian visas, yet we have no evacuation appointment." Trump's Board of Peace warned on Tuesday of an "immediate humanitarian emergency."

"Rain did not kill these children," said Ahmad Alhendawi, Save the Children's regional director. "They were killed by man-made conditions created by the Israeli authorities." "Life in Gaza is simply miserable," said Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council.