WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip — They walked for hours ... a traditional Palestinian song of perseverance dating back to 1948. “Stand by each other, people of Palestine, stand by each other.

Torrential rain is currently lashing the tent villages that stand in place of many of Gaza’s towns and cities, with deaths from hypothermia rising as freezing temperatures continue to flatline.

Israeli troops fired on people trying to return home to southern Lebanon and delayed a return home for northern Gaza ...