Hospital flooded, separation wall creates pools in Tulkarem

Ma'an
...hospital in the northern West Bank is operating at only 80% capacity after floods knocked out access to several areas of the building, General Director of hospitals in the Palestinian ministry of health Na’im Sabra Friday.

...Israel's separation wall caused additional problems Friday, as the heavy rains rolled down Tulkarem-area hills and stopped short at the base of the eight-meter concrete wall that surrounds the municipality on three sides. The first year the wall was constructed fall rains pooled so substantially around the wall that entire homes were engulfed in floodwaters and crops were destroyed.

Though small drainage areas were later added to the wall, the structure continues to disrupt natural drainage patterns. Full story