NEWS CENTER — The Acting Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned today, Saturday, November 14, of an imminent humanitarian and winter catastrophe threatening the residents of the Gaza Strip in Palestine.

The Acting Commissioner-General of UNRWA revealed that more than 90% of Palestinians in the Strip currently reside in tents, under plastic coverings, or in partially destroyed houses. With the approach of the rainy season, these residents face the risk of drowning and sleeping amid floodwaters and severe cold due to the widespread destruction that has affected the Strip's infrastructure, describing the field conditions as extremely dangerous.

He explained that the vast majority of the population has been affected by forced displacement and destruction since October 2023, pointing to the worsening shelter crisis due to acute food challenges, at a time when the people and residents of the Strip suffer from acute malnutrition. He expressed concern over the decline in international attention to the Gaza crisis in favor of other global conflicts, warning that this suffering could become a normal reality.

On the ground, one person was killed and others injured by Israeli forces' gunfire in the vicinity of Nasser Medical Complex, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

In field developments, Israeli tanks opened intensive fire northeast and south of Khan Younis, in conjunction with Israeli helicopter fire toward the eastern and southern areas of the city, while Israeli warships targeted the sea off Khan Younis with their fire.

Israeli forces continue their violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Strip, through aerial and artillery bombardment of areas where displaced people are present, alongside demolition and destruction operations within what is known as the "Yellow Line," and the continuation of restrictions imposed on the movement of goods, aid, and travel operations.