{"id":2398,"date":"2026-10-09T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2026-10-09T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:03:43","slug":"almost-all-gaza-residents-need-shelter-as-el-nino-threatens-flooding-un-agency-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2398","title":{"rendered":"Almost all Gaza residents need shelter as El Ni\u00f1o threatens flooding, UN agency says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Almost all of Gaza\u2019s population needs tents or help with shelter ahead of winter, with the El Ni\u00f1o weather phenomenon expected \u200bto bring heavier rainfall, while supplies remain scarce due to Israeli \u200crestrictions, the UN migration agency said on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The El Ni\u00f1o \u2014 which could be the strongest ever, according to the UN weather agency \u2014 could further weaken unsafe buildings and cause flooding \u200bamid the enclave\u2019s heavily damaged drainage systems, the IOM said.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 2 million \u200bpeople inside the enclave, largely devastated by the war launched \u2060by Israel in response to Hamas\u2019 assault in October 2023, require assistance, but only \u200babout 17% of the needs for winter shelter supplies have been met by \u200bhumanitarian actors, IOM Director General Amy Pope said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamilies who have already endured repeated displacement and devastating loss must be able to face the winter in safety and dignity,\u201d Pope said, adding \u200bthat constraints by Israeli authorities are making it hard for agencies to \u200bscale up their responses.<\/p>\n<p>Some 8,600 emergency shelter kits, comprising wood, a tarpaulin and some basic materials, \u200chave \u2060not been allowed by Israeli authorities to enter Gaza, as they have been determined to be dual-use, the IOM said.<\/p>\n<p>COGAT, the Israeli military arm that oversees aid flows into Gaza, did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. Israel \u200bcites security concerns for \u200bits curbs on \u2060Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>IOM said they had been able to bring in some tarpaulin and tents, but that it was not enough \u200bat the current scale needed in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of \u200ball tents \u2060and makeshift shelters in the enclave need replacing as they are in poor condition, the IOM said, warning that there are few alternatives, with war-damaged buildings posing \u2060safety risks.<\/p>\n<p>More \u200bthan 3,600 structures were identified in August as \u200bdangerous and at risk of collapse, while around 1.8 million people are living in displacement sites &#8211; \u200bmost in flood-risk areas, the IOM said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost all of Gaza\u2019s population needs tents or help with shelter ahead of winter, with the El Ni\u00f1o weather phenomenon expected \u200bto bring heavier rainfall, while supplies remain scarce due to Israeli \u200crestrictions, the UN migration agency said on Friday. The El Ni\u00f1o \u2014 which could be the strongest ever, according to the UN weather agency \u2014 could further weaken unsafe buildings and cause flooding \u200bamid the enclave\u2019s heavily damaged drainage systems, the IOM said. Almost 2 million \u200bpeople inside the enclave, largely devastated by the war launched \u2060by Israel&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}