# Witnesses recount desperate rescue after Gaza landslide buried people

https://mins.news/en/item/136040

- The Guardian, 2026-11-09 18:27 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/09/witnesses-struggle-save-people-buried-gaza-landslide

> Witnesses described efforts to rescue a family buried when high winds and heavy rain caused a sand bank near a displaced people’s camp south of Deir al-Balah to collapse. Five people died and at least three tents were crushed. The UN said more than 26,000 households reported damage after weekend rainstorms.

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