Recent heavy rainfalls devastated encampments across Gaza, causing raw sewage overflows and a collapsed sand embankment that killed three children and a woman. The US-backed Board of Peace and the United Nations have demanded an immediate end to entry curbs on essential shelter and sanitation equipment. While Israel claims thousands of aid trucks have entered, it insists dual-use materials will remain blocked until Hamas completely disarms. Meanwhile, local winter stocks have run out entirely as more than 150,000 tents remain stuck outside the border.
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The Board of Peace criticized Israeli clearance delays as insufficient while also blaming…: The Board of Peace criticized Israeli clearance delays as insufficient while also blaming Hamas's refusal to disarm for ongoing civilian suffering.
More than 150,000 emergency tents are currently stranded outside Gaza due to Israeli entr…: More than 150,000 emergency tents are currently stranded outside Gaza due to Israeli entry restrictions and funding shortages.
Reconstruction efforts and diplomatic progress remain paralyzed by unresolved disputes su…: Reconstruction efforts and diplomatic progress remain paralyzed by unresolved disputes surrounding Hamas's disarmament and Israeli troop withdrawals.
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US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has called on Israel to immediately allow all necessary humanitarian supplies into Gaza after rain flooded tens of thousands of tents.
The US-backed body, established to oversee the implementation of Trump's Gaza peace plan, acknowledged the steps now being considered by Israel, but said "the response remains insufficient".
Israel's military agency in charge of co-ordinating aid into Gaza said it had allowed in tens of thousands of tents and trucks with winter supplies, but added reconstruction "can only begin after Hamas fully disarms".
On Sunday, three children and a woman were killed when a sand embankment collapsed onto tents in the central Strip.
Most people in Gaza have been displaced because of Israel's military actions. Around 65% of the population, about 1.4 million people, now live in tents or makeshift shelters, the UN says.
Standing soaked in Gaza City, Mohammed Jneid told the AFP news agency that heavy rains hit from one side and sewage overflowed on them from the other, with the ground and tents no longer able to hold.
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