“What a Wonderful Picture”: Israelis Celebrate on Social Media as 70,000 Tents for Displaced Families Flood in Gaza

Report – Shehab

The first storm front to hit the Gaza Strip this winter has receded, leaving behind around 70,000 tents for displaced families swamped by rainwater.

In just the first twelve hours of the storm, water and flash floods seeped into the tents, driving tens of thousands of Palestinians out into the open with no shelter to protect them from the tempest.

Activists circulated scenes of children and women shivering from the cold, and of families salvaging what they could of their bedding and belongings.

Amid these scenes, the Israeli Igal Malka, who describes himself on X as a human rights activist, posted a picture of tents submerged in the Strip and called it a “wonderful picture.”

איזו תמונה נהדרת!!!! https://t.co/oBcu3EccS0

— Igal Malka - ???????? (@igal_malka) November 7, 2026

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Malka was not alone. Other Israeli comments blamed the people of Gaza for their own suffering, and some went further, casting doubt on the disaster itself and claiming that people live in houses and come out in the rain to film themselves in pursuit of engagement and money. The settler (@segevafriat) wrote: “They sleep in the nearby buildings (yes, yes, the ones with lights in the windows that somehow have electricity you pay for) and come to cry in the tents for TikTok.”

The extremist (noamamir74) wrote in a comment on the picture: “Magic on the Sea of Galilee, oh, actually it’s Gaza.”

קסם על ים כנרת ???? אהה בעצם זו עזה

— ???????? נועם אמיר (@noamamir74) November 8, 2026

The extremist Israeli journalist Elad Huminer commented on the scene, saying: “Delightful sights.. well done, why doesn’t the far left, like Redman, love what we see here?”

מראות מלבבים. רצו מבול אל-אקצא קיבלו מבול אל-עזה. שכוייח. נ.ב למה השמאל הקיצוני כמו רדמן לא אוהבים את מה שאנחנו רואים כאן? https://t.co/dz2EdArlN5

— אלעד הוּמינר ???????? العاد هومينر (@EladHumi) November 7, 2026

(ami_peres) retweeted Huminer’s post and commented that Israel is “a sadistic state that must be punished very severely for the suffering it has caused and continues to inflict on the residents of Gaza.”

ישראל היא מדינה סאדיסטית שצריכה להענש בחומרה רבה על הסבל שהיא גרמה וממשיכה לגרום לתושבי עזה

— עמי ויינהאוס (@ami_peres) November 8, 2026

This discourse did not pass without objection. The user Yoel. H wrote: “Once again dozens of comments on the post justifying crimes against humanity in Gaza. We are living in a dying society.”

????שוב עשרות תגובות לפוסט המצדיקות פשעים נגד האנושות בעזה. ⚠️אנו חיים בחברה גוססת.

— Yoel. H (@YoelH5) November 7, 2026

Observers warned that treating the crisis as “a matter for the people of Gaza alone” ignores its direct impact on the region’s security and future, and considered this a worrying indicator.

The Joint List criticized on its X account the media’s disregard for what is happening in the Strip.

It said the rain fell across the entire country, but the real tragedy is in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands are spending their fourth winter in torn tents that shield them from neither cold nor flood, warning that the crisis will worsen with every storm front if the neglect continues.

סופת הרעמים בסוף השבוע, שעליה כתבו בכל כלי התקשורת וברשתות החברתיות, הביאה איתה גשמים עזים בכל רחבי הארץ. אבל יש מקום אחד שכמעט לא יוזכר, וההצפות בו לא יזכו לכותרות: רצועת עזה. זה החורף הרביעי שבו מאות אלפי בני אדם בעזה שורדים באוהלים. בכל פעם שיורד גשם, האוהלים מוצפים, אנשים נותרים ללא מחסה ותנאי החיים הופכים לבלתי נסבלים. אימהות, תינוקות ומשפחות שלמות מוצאים את עצמם ללא מחסה שיגן עליהם מהקור ומהגשמים. עד מתי נמשיך לעצום עיניים ולהתעלם מהמשבר ההומניטרי הנורא שנוצר שם בעקבות ההרס, ההשמדה וההפצצות? אל תסיטו את המבט. עיינים על עזה.

— הרשימה המשותפת القائمة المشتركة (@ListJoint) November 7, 2026

Activists and rights defenders argue that what is happening cannot be explained by weather conditions alone, and that it is the product of a deliberate Israeli policy backed by abdicating international positions, aimed at making the Strip unfit for life.

In this context, political activist Mohammed Shehada wrote: “A reminder that Israel is banning mobile shelters, prefabricated homes, or even shipping containers from entering Gaza, and is heavily restricting the entry of tents; all for no reason other than imposing conditions of life designed to bring about Gazans’ physical destruction; that is, genocide.”

— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2)

The occupation prevents the entry of caravans, prefabricated homes and shipping containers, and places obstacles in the way of the arrival of tents and basic shelter supplies, a step through which the occupation government seeks to strangle the people of the Gaza Strip and push them toward death.