Occupation vehicles fire heavily south of Khan Younis city in the Gaza Strip

Israeli artillery shelling targets the west of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip

Gaza Civil Defense: We declared a maximum state of emergency since yesterday to deal with the effects of the rainy low-pressure system and to respond as much as possible to the distress calls we receive from families affected by the low-pressure system.

Gaza Civil Defense: ▪We declared a maximum state of emergency since yesterday to deal with the effects of the rainy low-pressure system and to respond as much as possible to the distress calls we receive from families affected by the low-pressure system. ▪All areas of the Gaza Strip are now facing a new humanitarian disaster with the arrival of the first rainy low-pressure system in the Gaza Strip. ▪Dozens of camps, including tents and shelter centers, and indeed entire residential areas, are experiencing flooding due to the heavy rainwater, as the water level in some areas has reached one and a half meters. ▪The distress rooms of the Civil Defense have received since the start of the low-pressure system 2166 distress calls from citizens, from the administrations of displaced persons' camps and shelter centers, and from families whose homes had been affected by the Israeli bombardment. ▪Rescue teams, in cooperation with municipalities and the relevant authorities in the governorates of the Strip, were able to respond to only 218 calls out of the total distress calls, while for the rest they relied on providing guidance to families facing flooding because we were unable to respond to the huge number of calls. ▪The repercussions of the first low-pressure system revealed the scale of the humanitarian disasters faced by citizens in the Gaza Strip and serve as a warning that we are facing other disasters unless everyone moves, especially with meteorological warnings that this year's winter season will be heavy with rain and storms. ▪We renew our humanitarian appeal to all countries of the world that there is no room to ignore the harsh humanitarian situation suffered by citizens in the Gaza Strip and that there must be actual pressure on the occupation to allow the entry of rescue equipment and vehicles for winter incidents. ▪We again demand immediate and practical action to bring in tents, plastic sheets, and mobile homes "caravans" to relieve and shelter the displaced. ▪We demand permission to support Civil Defense work with the necessary fuel to enable our teams to respond to humanitarian interventions, whose rate doubles during the winter season. ▪We call on the guarantor states of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the national committee for managing the Gaza Strip to assume their responsibilities and intervene urgently to save citizens who will face winter without any means to protect them from low-pressure systems.

Gaza Civil Defense: Since the start of the low-pressure system, we have received more than 1,500 distress calls requesting protection for residents.

Gaza Civil Defense: ▪Since the start of the low-pressure system, we have received more than 1,500 distress calls requesting protection for residents. ▪We appeal to countries around the world not to overlook the difficult humanitarian situation facing the people of the Gaza Strip. ▪We demand the provision of tents that protect citizens in light of the low-pressure system.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Emergency supplies stock in Gaza is not enough to meet the needs of those affected by the rain.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: ▪The stock of emergency supplies in Gaza is not enough to meet the needs of those affected by the rain. ▪Winter supplies must be allowed to enter immediately.