UN says 950,000 people in Gaza displacement sites face flooding risk as a fourth winter begins

27 October 2026

The United Nations has reported that around 950,000 people in Gaza are in displacement sites at medium to high risk of flooding as families face a fourth winter in tents and makeshift shelters, and that a shelter assessment found supply stocks for those sites insufficient. The Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Jorge Moreira da Silva, reported three incidents affecting its convoys and premises over three consecutive days, including close-proximity explosions, drivers detained at checkpoints and small-arms rounds hitting a guesthouse, and said the safety of UNOPS staff had been compromised too many times. UN transport was suspended on Tuesday because Israel closed the Kerem Shalom crossing for election day. In the past week partners gave school bags to more than 8,000 children; the week before they provided stationery to about 22,000 children and supported around 300 classrooms serving about 60,000 children. For the occupied West Bank, the UN aid coordination office OCHA records 331 Palestinians killed, including 77 children, more than 42,000 displaced, 21 Israelis killed and 3,684 attacks by Israeli settlers causing casualties or property damage between January 2025 and the end of September 2026.