GENEVA, Oct 9 — Virtually all of Gaza’s two million population will go through winter without adequate shelter as the Palestinian territory enters a fourth year under heavy Israeli war restrictions, the United Nations said today.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said nearly 1.8 million people in the territory “are facing a fourth winter without adequate protection from rain, flooding and cold”.
The UN agency called for international funding for humanitarian aid and for Israel to ease the “constraints” on the entry of critical supplies.
A ceasefire in the Gaza war, sparked by the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, was announced in October last year but conditions remain dire in Gaza, according to aid agencies.
