A woman gestures as a girl walks through a pool of water at a makeshift camp housing displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
UN warns Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens amid harsh weather
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- Severe weather damages shelters, leaving 1.1 million Palestinians in urgent need of aid.
- Acute malnutrition cases rise to about 95,000 in 2025.
The United Nations warned Monday that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip remains critical as harsh weather worsens living conditions and threatens progress in aid delivery.
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UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said staff from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) highlighted the danger posed by ongoing heavy rain and wind, which have damaged or destroyed many existing shelters.
Widespread need for assistance
“About 1.1 million people are in urgent need of assistance, with ongoing heavy rainfall harming most of the existing shelters,” Dujarric said.
Malnutrition rises
Regarding malnutrition, UN humanitarian partners screened more than 76,000 children last month, identifying approximately 4,900 cases of acute malnutrition.
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“This brings the total number of acute malnutrition cases recorded in 2025 to roughly 95,000,” Dujarric added, underscoring the urgent need for expanded food and medical aid in the besieged Gaza Strip.
