Overview
- Local officials report at least 12 people were killed on Friday when two war‑damaged buildings collapsed during heavy rain, with additional deaths from exposure as tents were flooded or washed away.
- Rescue teams on Monday recovered the remains of about 20 people from a multistorey building bombed in 2023, while authorities say roughly 9,000 bodies are still buried under rubble without the heavy machinery and fuel needed to retrieve them.
- Civil Defence and UN officials urged immediate entry of shelter supplies and called for caravans and mobile homes, warning that continued reliance on tents is leading to preventable deaths in winter conditions.
- Aid agencies say deliveries promised after the October ceasefire have not met targets, with UNRWA citing long‑waiting stockpiles and warning that people are freezing as waterlogged ruins and camps deteriorate.
- Engineers and aid groups attribute the collapses to structures weakened by two years of bombardment and a lack of repair materials, with reports of 13 homes down, 27,000 tents flooded, thousands sheltering in unsafe buildings, and more collapses feared in ongoing storms.