Overview
- Authorities report 14 deaths, including children, after days of heavy rain, high winds and widespread flooding across the Gaza Strip.
- Local officials say about 27,000 tents were flooded or swept away and at least 13 homes or buildings collapsed, with impacts reported across hundreds of sites.
- IOM estimates nearly 795,000 displaced people face heightened flood risk as rainfall persists, with many shelters on low, debris‑filled ground lacking drainage.
- UN bodies cite delays and rejections of timber, pumps, sandbags and other materials, with UNRWA saying it has shelter supplies for up to 1.3 million people staged outside Gaza.
- Israeli agency COGAT says it is facilitating aid flows, including tents and shelter equipment, disputing assertions that it is blocking essential relief.