![A child walks under heavy rainfall while Palestinians struggle to maintain their daily lives in makeshift tents amid harsh weather conditions, as heavy rain and storms have damaged the tents where they are staying amid Israeli attacks in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 27, 2025. [Abdalhkem Abu Riash - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AA-20251227-40092548-40092532-WINTER_CONDITIONS_MAKE_LIFE_MORE_DIFFICULT_FOR_PALESTINIANS_IN_GAZA-1-1.jpg)
Harsh winter weather in the Gaza Strip is compounding the suffering of civilians after more than two years of Israeli war, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Sunday, Anadolu reports. “More rain. More human misery, despair and death,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on the US social media company X. Gazans “are surviving in flimsy, waterlogged tents and among ruins,” he said, warning that aid supplies “are not being allowed in at the scale required.” UNRWA “could multiply these efforts tomorrow if aid flowed in,” Lazzarini said. Separately, the Palestinian government said Gaza needs about 200,000 prefabricated housing units to meet urgent humanitarian needs for displaced people amid severe weather conditions. READ: Woman killed, […]
