Nearly 10 Palestinians were moderately injured in different areas of the West Bank due to the heavy rain storm that has struck the region since Thursday according to the Palestinian police.
Palestinian police spokesman in the West Bank Luay Irziqat told Anadolu Agency on Saturday that the police have dealt with 95 emergency cases resulting from the heavy floods and strong winds.
Irziqat added that police patrols were deployed in all governorates to help the citizens affected along with municipalities and Civil Defense crews.
Over the past two days the Palestinian territories have witnessed a wave of unrelenting rainfall accompanied by strong winds that has resulted in great damages to property and crops. No precise statistics are available.
Meanwhile in the Gaza Strip five Palestinian citizens were injured during the same storm Gaza’s Civil Defense reported on Friday.
According to the Palestinian Meteorological Department the storm ebbed away on Saturday evening.
