UN and Partners Urge Swift Entry of Winter Supplies into Gaza: More Than 150,000 Tents Still Waiting Outside
UN News reported on November 13, 2026, that the UN and partners issued an urgent appeal for winter supplies to enter the Gaza Strip, saying lives are at stake. In the wake of deadly rainfall the previous weekend, the Humanitarian Country Team in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said the devastating impact of the latest rainstorm was preventable.
The team, which brings together heads of UN agencies and international and local non-governmental organisations, said children and adults were killed, critical services suspended, and thousands of family shelters flooded, swept away or torn apart, not by the storm alone but by policy decisions, and recalled that it had presented a plan months ago to help Palestinians prepare for the winter season.
More than 150,000 tents are currently outside Gaza waiting to be dispatched. Humanitarian agencies said winter will last for months and access to longer-lasting shelter must not be made conditional on political progress when people's needs are so urgent. (Source: UN News)
Source: UN News
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：联合国难民署总部（日内瓦）。照片：Milliped，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. Photo by Milliped, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
