Overview
- Heavy rain and strong winds over the Dec. 27–28 weekend flooded encampments and triggered collapses of war‑damaged structures, with local reports confirming the death of Alaa Marwan Juha in Gaza City’s Remal neighborhood.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry reports at least 12 weather‑related deaths since Dec. 13, including a two‑week‑old infant, as hypothermia and structural failures rise in winter conditions.
- Shelter supplies remain far below demand: the Shelter Cluster counts about 72,000 tents and 403,000 tarps entering since the ceasefire, PNGO says only 60,000 of 300,000 requested tents have been received, and COGAT previously cited higher combined tent‑and‑tarpaulin figures.
- UNRWA warns that people are living in flimsy, waterlogged tents and says aid is not entering at the required scale, underscoring access disputes that are stalling an adequate winter response.
- With nearly 80% of Gaza’s buildings damaged or destroyed and roughly 1.5 million residents homeless, Netanyahu travels to the United States for talks with President Donald Trump on the ceasefire’s next phase as Israeli forces continue operations in the West Bank town of Qabatiya.