Overview
- A powerful rainstorm flooded camp sites and high winds toppled unstable walls near Gaza City, with five people killed by collapses and a toddler dying of hypothermia in Deir al-Balah, according to medics.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry reports seven hypothermia deaths since winter began, including infants and a one-year-old who died overnight.
- U.N. and Palestinian officials say at least 300,000 additional tents are urgently needed for about 1.5 million displaced people after roughly 7,000 tents were damaged in the past 48 hours.
- Aid organizations report continued limits on caravans and construction materials categorized as dual-use, while Israel says hundreds of trucks carrying food, medicine, tarps and tents are entering daily.
- UNICEF says more than 100 children have been killed since the Oct. 10 ceasefire took effect, and local civil defence and municipal teams cite fuel shortages and destroyed equipment that are hampering storm response.