UN office in Palestine warns winter preparations hampered by funding shortfall, restrictions
The UN office in Palestine says months of funding shortages and restrictions have hindered winter preparations, leaving emergency supplies insufficient.
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AIThe United Nations office in Palestine has said that a lack of funding and months-long restrictions have hindered preparations for winter.
The office added that available stocks of emergency winter supplies are insufficient to meet current needs.
Heavy rains have struck the Gaza Strip, worsening the suffering of displaced people in camps amid harsh humanitarian conditions.
Gaza’s Civil Defense has received more than 1,500 distress calls from residents since early Saturday, following the flooding of tents and streets and the collapse of building walls, which has resulted in injuries, some of them serious.