Due to the destruction caused by the occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip over the course of about 16 months, the citizens of the Strip are facing humanitarian suffering that is exacerbated by the arrival of a new low pressure system that threatens more than 1.5 million homeless people.

In these circumstances, the polar depression, the consequences of which the Meteorological Department has warned, appears to be a new threat, as thousands of children, women and the elderly find themselves in direct confrontation with rain and cold without cover to protect them, or food to satisfy their hunger, as happened during past depressions.

Families will find themselves unable to secure any means of heating as temperatures drop at night, as the depression will continue for more than five days.

Some are trying to take shelter with plastic pieces or worn-out blankets, while patients are suffering from a lack of medicine and heating, which further exacerbates health conditions, especially among children and the elderly.

During the past weeks, the Gaza Strip witnessed severe winter depressions, which caused the uprooting of many tents and the drowning of others, which increased the suffering of the citizens, who were already suffering from the repercussions of the war of extermination.

Citizens are increasingly concerned about the possibility of these temporary shelters collapsing under the force of strong winds and heavy rains, which exacerbates their suffering in light of the deteriorating humanitarian conditions, as citizens whose homes were destroyed live in primitive tents, and work during the day to secure them with stones and wood in an attempt to protect them from collapse.

Nearly 1.5 million people have been left homeless after their homes were destroyed, while all 2.4 million residents of the Strip suffer from a lack of the most basic life services and infrastructure.

Between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, the occupation forces launched an aggression on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the death and injury of more than 158,000 people, most of whom were children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.