Last night and this morning, Monday, hundreds of tents were flooded in displacement camps in various areas of the Gaza Strip, due to heavy rains.

The displaced, especially in the areas of Deir al-Balah and Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, spent a harsh night inside their tents, which were swallowed by rainwater and blown away by winds.

The catastrophic conditions experienced by about 2 million displaced persons since October 7, 2023, have forced them to live in dilapidated tents that lack the minimum requirements for a decent life and do not protect against the cold of winter or the harsh frost waves, after the Israeli occupation forces destroyed their homes.

Yesterday, medical sources announced the death of an infant in the Gaza Strip due to the cold and low temperatures. He is the fifth person to die due to the cold and lack of heating in less than a week.

UNRWA Emergency Officer Louise Waterridge said in press statements that more than two million people are still trapped in horrific conditions in Gaza and are deprived of their basic needs.

UNICEF's chief communications officer in Gaza, Rosalia Paulin, warned of the difficult situation in the Gaza Strip with the onset of winter, noting that children are feeling cold and damp, while many of them are still wearing summer clothes. She added that children are searching through the rubble for pieces of plastic to burn, and that diseases are spreading in the Strip in light of the lack of health services and the continuous attacks on hospitals.

The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, which resulted in the martyrdom of 45,514 citizens, the majority of whom are women and children, and the injury of 108,189 others, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and in the streets, and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them.