Overview
- Heavy rain and strong winds from a third polar low flooded tents on Saturday, with a fourth system forecast to reach Gaza on Monday, according to meteorologists cited by local media.
- Displaced families reported tents collapsing and belongings soaked, with nighttime temperatures near 8–12C worsening cold exposure.
- Authorities and medics reported weather-related deaths from hypothermia and collapses this month, and UN data earlier noted 17 buildings collapsed and 42,000 tents and makeshift shelters damaged.
- A Gaza NGO said only 60,000 of more than 300,000 requested tents have arrived and UNRWA warned supplies are far below needs, while Israel’s COGAT previously stated roughly 310,000 tents and tarpaulins entered recently.
- Since the Oct. 10 ceasefire, Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 414 Palestinians killed and 1,142 wounded, negotiations on a second phase are moving slowly with Benjamin Netanyahu expected in Washington, and Israeli forces continue operations in the West Bank town of Qabatiya.