More than 150,000 tents, purchased by humanitarian partners and UN Member States, await Israel's permission to enter the Gaza Strip, according to OCHA.
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10/11/2026
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Mthe United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has now advanced.
Of this total, about 117,000 are tents managed by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Egyptian Humanitarian Aid Committee at al-Arish Humanitarian Logistics Centre on the Sinai Peninsula 45 kilometres from Gaza border.
“ Humanitarian funding and authorisation by the Israeli authorities are urgently needed to allow supplies and equipment such as vacuum tankers, mobile drainage pumps, engine oil, hoses and heavy machinery to enter Gaza,” OCHA said in its weekly report.
Heavy rains and winds have hit the Gaza Strip since Friday, causing floods that have already affected thousands of people in refugee camps.
It is estimated that 600 families were once again displaced by the storm, while a mother and her two children, 5 and 6 years old, along with her 4-year-old cousin, died when a sand bank collapsed on her tent.
OCHA states that by November 8, humanitarian partners received requests for help from more than 26,000 families in Gaza whose shelters or other assets were damaged, although they estimate that the real impact was greater.
In some areas, water level has reached 1.5 metres, while Gaza Civil Defense emergency centres have received 2,166 distress calls, from which they have only been able to respond to 218, mainly by giving remote guidance.
The branch of the Israeli army responsible for civil affairs in the occupied territories (COGAT) stated, in a press release, that “in recent months” allowed more than 91,000 tents and more than 8,200 trucks loaded with “lonas, blankets, winter clothes and other supplies to enter Gaza”.
The majority of Palestinians in Gaza remain displaced and, according to OCHA estimates, 65% — i.e. 1.4 million people — still live in tents or shelters.