Overview
- The United Nations reports that 94% of Gaza’s roughly 2.1 million residents do not have adequate housing and that more than four in five households face critical or catastrophic living conditions.
- Nearly two-thirds of families are living in tents or temporary makeshift shelters that quickly degrade in bad weather and that often lack fuel, lighting and safe storage for food and water.
- UN spokespeople say Israeli limits on the entry of construction materials, heavy equipment, spare parts and lubricants are preventing large-scale rubble removal and slowing recovery and body-recovery operations.
- Relief teams have expanded public-health work, with UNDP-led pest control reaching over 3,250 high-risk sites, and the UN reported that the remains of 50 people, including 19 children, were recovered from rubble and buried.
- The UN calls for roughly $562 million to improve living conditions before colder months, and UNIFIL has separately reported a recent rise in Israeli airspace violations, strikes and demolitions in southern Lebanon that highlight regional security risks.