麻豆APP

10 December 2025

OCHA reports that with another winter storm hitting the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting vulnerable groups at particular risk, including newborn children for whom hyperthermia is extremely dangerous.

The UN and its partners have targeted efforts to deliver assistance to communities living in flood-prone areas, including by scaling up the distribution of winter clothes for children from 5,000 to 8,000 kits per day.

Today, partners leading winter preparedness efforts report that some 200 families from shoreline communities are expected to arrive at a new site identified by municipal authorities in what remains of Hamad city, in eastern Khan Younis. These households made the decision to move, given the impact of the frequent rains and the risk of flooding in their previous location.

The UN and its partners – along with Member States – continue to distribute tents, tarpaulins, bedsheets and winter clothes to families in urgent need of assistance. Work is also ongoing to mitigate flooding by reinforcing high-risk areas with sandbags, as well as emptying storm drains and clearing sold waste.

Meanwhile, partners leading efforts to improve access to education report that about 65 classrooms previously used as shelters for displaced people have now been cleaned and prepared so that learning activities can restart there. However, partners warn that education materials remain blocked from entering Gaza, disrupting efforts to help children resume their studies.

In the ongoing effort to improve food security, partners report that so far in December, 260,000 people have received regular food assistance – which consists of two food parcels and a 25-kilogram bag of flour – through 60 distribution points across the Strip, including a new site that opened last week in Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza.

Given the importance of animal husbandry for food security, some 3,500 veterinary kits entered Gaza on Friday for the first time since August. The UN and its partners have distributed the kits and animal fodder to over 100 herders and donkey owners.

Today, OCHA coordinated a mission by Palestinian Civil Defense to retrieve a body in Beit Lahiya. The body was reported by a UN mission in the area at the Al Waha Junction near Al Rasheed Road, approximately 1,450 metres south of the so-called “Yellow Line.” The team retrieved the remains and transported them to Al Shifa hospital. The deceased was reportedly a fisherman.

Meanwhile, security incidents continue to be reported in Gaza – posing a risk to civilians, including humanitarian teams. Just yesterday, there were reports of two bullets hitting the ground floor of UNRWA’s Maghazi Health Centre in Deir al Balah, located near the “Yellow Line.” Thankfully, no casualties were reported.