Overview
- A two‑storey home in northwest Gaza City partially collapsed on Tuesday, killing a man and injuring five, after days of downpours weakened war‑damaged structures.
- Local authorities say at least 12 people were killed late last week when multiple damaged buildings fell during Storm Byron, and a two‑week‑old baby died of hypothermia on Monday.
- The UN estimates about 1.3 million people need shelter assistance, and OCHA says humanitarian cargo is being deprioritized in favor of commercial goods, slowing deliveries.
- Officials report more than 27,000 displacement tents flooded or swept away and at least 13 building collapses, with fresh flooding continuing to swamp camps and streets.
- Recovery teams lack heavy equipment and fuel, with Civil Defence seeking roughly 40 excavators and bulldozers as Gaza authorities estimate about 9,000 bodies remain under rubble; Israel’s COGAT disputes UN delivery figures and says hundreds of thousands of tents and tarps have entered.