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Gaza authorities said Tuesday that Israel had committed 5,147 violations of the ceasefire agreement in effect since Oct. 10, 2025, killing 1,421 Palestinians, as worsening humanitarian conditions raised fears of an “imminent catastrophe” ahead of winter.
The Gaza Government Media Office said hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians faced increasingly dangerous conditions because of shortages of shelter, aid and reconstruction materials.
“Humanitarian and relief conditions in the Gaza Strip had become dangerous and catastrophic, exposing hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians to deadly consequences,” the office said in a statement.
The media office rejected Israeli claims that sufficient aid had entered the enclave, describing them as “misleading.”
It said Israel had allowed only 72,826 trucks carrying humanitarian aid, relief supplies and reconstruction materials into Gaza out of 210,600 expected under the ceasefire agreement, representing about 35% of the agreed total.
The office also said 13,785 people had been able to enter or leave Gaza out of an expected 35,000, a compliance rate of about 39%.
Updated imagery on Google Maps released Monday showed widespread destruction across Gaza, including entire residential blocks reduced to empty areas.
A recent assessment by the U.N. Satellite Centre, or UNOSAT, found that more than 201,000 buildings, equivalent to 82% of structures in Gaza, had been damaged.
Many Palestinians continue to live in tents, temporary shelters or damaged buildings while facing shortages of construction and shelter materials ahead of the rainy season.
The U.N. estimates that 1.98 million Palestinians out of Gaza's population of about 2.1 million need shelter-related assistance.
The U.N. estimates that 91% of households covered by recent assessments face moderate to severe water insecurity.
Gaza's health system also continues to operate at limited capacity because of damage to hospitals and shortages of equipment and supplies.
Recovery efforts are continuing despite the effects of the war and casualties reported since the ceasefire took effect.
Since October 2023, the Israeli military has killed more than 74,000 people and injured more than 175,000 in Gaza, according to the figures cited in the report, which described the war as genocidal and said it had left the enclave in ruins.
In August, an independent Palestinian committee responsible for managing Gaza's affairs met with U.N. agencies to coordinate early recovery plans and identify priorities for restoring services and rebuilding the enclave.
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