Overview
- Overnight downpours flooded displacement sites across Gaza, soaking bedding and collapsing worn tents.
- Gaza Civil Defense reported hundreds of distress calls and cited flooding in Al-Nafaq, Al-Daraj, Yarmouk, Al-Zaytoun, Al-Shati and parts of Deir al-Balah and Al-Bureij.
- OCHA says over 1.4 million people need emergency shelter items, more than 320,000 housing units are damaged, and local authorities estimate 93% of tents are no longer suitable.
- UN agencies and NGOs report access curbs, with Israeli authorities denying 23 requests covering nearly 4,000 pallets as millions of relief items sit in Jordan, Egypt and Israel awaiting approval.
- Rapid-response teams delivered about 1,000 tents plus thousands of blankets and tarpaulins this week, but Gaza lacks drainage gear and flood risks are compounding cold, disease and explosive-ordnance hazards.