Overview
- A teenage girl, two women and a 72-year-old man died after walls fell onto tents during rain and high winds, hospital authorities said, with at least five others injured.
- Gaza’s civil defence warned of failing, war-damaged structures and reported three additional deaths on Monday from partial building collapses during the latest weather system.
- The Health Ministry says six children have died of hypothermia this winter, including a seven-day-old girl and a four-year-old boy.
- Roughly 1.5 million people are living in tents or makeshift shelters; Israel bars caravans and most construction materials on dual‑use grounds, while COGAT cites nearly 380,000 tent and tarp items allowed and aid groups dispute the number of actual tents.
- UN agencies report about 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed and at least 1.1 million people in urgent need, as humanitarian groups call for more durable shelter and heavy machinery and note new Israeli bans on 37 NGOs operating in Gaza.