Almost all Gaza residents need shelter as El Niño threatens flooding, UN agency says
The International Organization for Migration said shelter supplies cover only 17% of winter needs, and 8,600 kits are blocked at crossings.
- On Oct 9, the United Nations reported that nearly 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza face a fourth winter without adequate shelter, with current humanitarian supplies covering only 17% of identified winter needs.
- The Nino weather phenomenon risks intensifying winter rains, which could 'further weaken unsafe buildings,' while IOM reported deaths of 21 people, including 12 children, after a six-storey building collapsed in Gaza.
- Approximately 8,600 IOM emergency shelter kits remain pre-positioned outside Gaza, yet Israeli authorities continue turning them away at crossing points; more than half of existing makeshift shelters are in poor condition.
- Israel cites security concerns regarding Hamas for preventing item entry, though IOM leader Amy Pope stated that materials must enter "quickly and at the scale required" to address the crisis.
- The World Health Organization warned recently that the rainy season increases disease risk, and the United Nations is calling for international funding and for Israel to ease constraints on critical supply entry.
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Nearly all of Gaza's population, almost two million people, is still without adequate shelter before the arrival of winter, warned the United Nations Friday, demanding access for the delivery of aid.
Almost the entire population of Gaza, about two million people, does not have adequate shelter in view of the winter, the UN warned on Thursday, requesting access for the distribution of aid. The post Gaza: 2 million people trapped in the rubble – A bell from the UN appeared first on in.gr.
Israeli restrictions block critical supplies, leaving displaced Palestinians exposed to flooding, cold, risks from collapsing buildings, according to migration agency
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WTVBAlmost all Gaza residents need shelter as El Niño threatens flooding, UN agency says
By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Almost all of Gaza's population need tents or help with shelter ahead of winter, withthe El Niño weather phenomenon expected to bring heavier rainfall, while supplies remain scarce due to Israeli restrictions, the UN migration agency said on Friday.The El Niño — which could be the strongest ever, according to the UN weather agency — could further weaken unsafe buildings, and cause flooding amid the …
The IOM said that despite the ceasefire in Gaza, almost all of the population of 2 million people needed shelter before winter. IOM official Karl Baker noted that most of the 1.8 million people living in displacement areas are in areas at risk of flooding.
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