UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that "Israeli forces prevented two-thirds of the 129 different humanitarian aid operations from reaching the Gaza Strip last week."

Dujarric pointed out in a daily press conference held on Friday evening that the Palestinian people in Gaza need appropriate shelter conditions to protect them from the rain and cold as winter approaches.

He explained that the United Nations and its partners are trying to quickly deliver tents to the Strip.

Dujarric pointed out, "The displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and the rapid increase in their needs, with the inability to meet them easily, especially due to the Israeli siege in northern Gaza."