The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that despite ongoing efforts to deliver basic humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the suffering of displaced families continues as they return to their destroyed homes.

In a post on the X platform, today, Friday, she explained that the harsh winter conditions, heavy rains, and overcrowding in shelters leave many at risk and without adequate protection.

She called for the necessity of allowing the expansion of humanitarian aid to meet the enormous needs.

UNRWA had previously indicated that since the ceasefire began on the 19th of last month, it had distributed food aid to more than 1.5 million citizens in the Gaza Strip.

She added that it runs 120 shelters across the Strip, hosting about 120,000 displaced people, while 37 emergency shelters have been opened since the ceasefire, including 7 in Gaza City and 30 in northern Gaza.

UNRWA had warned that heavy rains and strong winds in the Gaza Strip exposed hundreds of thousands of Palestinian citizens to the risk of cold, after the Israeli occupation destroyed their homes during the genocide that lasted more than 15 months.

She added, "Many Palestinian families are still living in temporary shelters due to the widespread destruction in the Strip."