The UN has reported that humanitarian partners in Gaza are ramping up winter preparedness efforts to support displaced Palestinians amid cold weather and heavy rainfall.
Between 1 and 27 November, more than 230,000 families — roughly 1.15 million people — received monthly food parcels through 59 distribution points, including 21 in northern Gaza.
Shelter partners provided over 8,800 blankets and more than 300 tents, with additional supplies such as tarpaulins and mattresses expected to arrive this week.
Site management teams warn that flooding remains a major risk. Sandbags have been deployed to 41 displacement sites, while cash-for-work teams have been reinforcing drainage and collecting empty flour sacks to improve insulation.
From war to winter: Gaza couple wait to welcome baby in flooded tent
Samar and Abdulrahman had everything ready for their new baby. But the rains have ruined their plans as they try to survive in Gaza.
The first heavy rain of the winter season arrived not as a blessing, but as a new catastrophe for Samar al-Salmi and her family.
Early in the morning, torrents of water crashed through their worn-out tent in a displacement camp, jolting them awake as the ground beneath them turned into a muddy pool.
All around them, displaced people scrambled to repair what the rain had destroyed, filling waterlogged holes with sand and lifting drenched mattresses into the weak winter sun.
For 35-year-old Samar, the timing could not have been worse.
She is due to give birth imminently, and everything she has prepared for her newborn daughter was drenched.
Sources: News.un.org, Aljazeera , Shafaqna English
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