The Palestinian news agency WAFA said that Israeli occupation forces continue their demolition operations and heavy gunfire in Rafah and east of Khan Younis, in a continued violation of the ceasefire agreement.
She added that rescue teams recovered the bodies of three martyrs from under the rubble east of Khan Younis, and they were transferred to Nasser Medical Complex, following a previous bombing that targeted the town of Bani Suheila.
Amid ongoing military operations, the storm that hit the Gaza Strip has created a new humanitarian disaster, as rainwater and floods inundated thousands of tents in displacement camps. The United Nations revealed that more than 13,000 families were affected, and that thousands of families lost what little property they had left.
Local authorities in the sector warned of the repercussions of the weather conditions on approximately 500,000 displaced families residing in tents and shelters, amid a significant shortfall in humanitarian response.
She explained that no new tents have been brought into the Gaza Strip so far, and that aid has covered only 15% of the needs, while Gaza urgently requires 250,000 tents and 100,000 mobile housing units. According to the data, 125,000 out of 135,000 tents have been damaged and are no longer habitable.
In a related context, the World Health Organization announced the death of more than 900 patients in Gaza due to delays in medical evacuations, noting that about 16,500 patients are waiting for approval to travel, including 4,000 children in urgent need of treatment, warning that any delay for critical cases means a "death sentence".
On October 10, a ceasefire agreement in Gaza between Hamas and Israel came into effect, ending a genocide that left more than 69,000 Palestinian martyrs and more than 170,000 wounded, and massive destruction affecting 90% of civilian infrastructure with initial losses estimated at about $70 billion.