Overview
- Torrential rain and strong winds over the past day inundated displacement sites across Gaza, submerging tents and forcing families to bail muddy water from makeshift shelters.
- UNHCR reports at least 13,000 tents damaged by recent downpours, while the Palestinian Civil Defence confirmed thousands more were inundated or destroyed.
- Aid organizations estimate roughly 300,000 tents or mobile homes are urgently needed as colder, stormier weather sets in.
- Medics and witnesses said a field hospital suspended operations because of heavy rain, with floodwaters mixing with sewage in some areas and heightening health risks.
- Gaza’s media office says about 145 aid trucks have entered daily since the Oct. 10 ceasefire against an expected 600, a claim Israeli authorities dispute as they point to distribution constraints.