Thousands of displaced Gazans living in tents and makeshift shelters are facing flooding as heavy winter rain falls on the enclave.

The majority of homes in the Gaza Strip that the Israeli bombings have destroyed have not been rebuilt, leaving Gazans to suffer the harsh winter in tents.

Hundreds are requesting help, but the "resources are non-existent", Mahmoud Basal, the spokesman for Gaza Civil Defence, told journalists,

"The levels of water have risen to more than 10 centimetres in shelter centres, mattresses are soaked, blankets are drenched, and there are no options left – because every option has been destroyed by Israel.”

Salam Musa, 9, carries a mattress as he walks between tents after rainfall at a temporary camp in Deir al-Balah on November 14. AP

The Gaza government media office estimates that 93 per cent of all displacement tents are no longer suitable for shelter- that is 125,000 out of a total of 135,000.

Hisham Washah, a displaced Gazan, told The National that 30 minutes of rain managed to destroy his place of shelter.

"You can only imagine how much worse it would be if it rained for four hours. We were submerged in water after half an hour," he said.

"Look at how wet and dirty everything is."

A displaced Gazan woman began to cry as she described her situation. "Everything is flooded, we have nothing," she said in a video distributed by Palestinian news agency Wafa. "Everything is soaked, where shall we go?"

Displaced Gazans struggle in flooded camps - in pictures

Displaced Palestinian children play in a puddle near their tents on a rainy day at a makeshift camp west of Gaza city. EPA Stagnant water is cleared from the road near a displacement camp after this year's first winter rainfall in Gaza city. AFP About 1.