Death toll from storm deaths rises to 14

At least 14 Palestinians have died in the last 24 hours from plummeting temperatures and collapsing buildings amid Storm Byron in Gaza, Wafa news agency is reporting.

The figure includes at least three children who died from hypothermia.

Civil defence services reported that six people died when a house collapsed in the Bir al-Naaja area in northern Gaza. They added that two others had died after a wall collapsed in Gaza City's al-Rimal neighbourhood, while another died in Shati refugee camp- also from a wall collapse.

They added that around 15 houses have collapsed across Gaza, leaving rescue teams scrambling to recover people from the rubble.