A sandy embankment collapsed onto the tents of displaced people south of Deir al-Balah, in Gaza.^[1] Gaza's rescue service reported five people dead.^[2] Two people remain missing.^[3] Who died The accounts differ on the victims. Al Jazeera reported four children and one woman.^[4] Euronews reported three children and two women.^[5] Both give five dead, and both say most were children. Rescue teams continued to search the site.^[6] The storm Heavy rain from the first winter storm hit Gaza from Friday 6 November.^[7] It flooded about 70,000 tents.^[8] Hundreds of displaced families fled camps after the floods destroyed their shelters.^[9] Gaza's Civil Defence received more than 1,500 emergency calls.^[10] The damage is estimated at $3 million.^[11] Why the shelters failed The need runs far past what the storm destroyed. Gaza needs 300,000 tents for displaced people.^[12] Israel blocks shelter supplies at the borders, Al Jazeera reported.^[13] Israeli authorities have blocked the entry of caravans.^[14] Israeli military restrictions also cause a shortage of search and rescue equipment.^[15] None of these reports carries an Israeli response. Save the Children reports that more than half a million children in Gaza live in critical shelter conditions.^[16] The warning Civil defence warned people against camping near sand mounds during rain.^[17] Gaza's authorities criticised global inaction after the collapse.^[18] It is early November. The storm that did this was the first of the winter.