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It’s been three months since Hamas and the Israeli government reached a ceasefire, brokered by the US, on October 10, 2025. 

While attacks and ceasefire violations have been a norm since then, humanitarian crisis in Palestine has only deepened, with famine and disease being exacerbated by a severe winter and heavy rains. More than 425 civilians have been killed since the ceasefire took effect.

Population in the Gaza strip continues to face immense hardships in the absence of any waterproof tenting and freezing conditions amidst a complete lack of infrastructure.

The Commissioner General of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, acknowledged that the “people in Gaza need more humanitarian assistance as children are at risk of potential death due to freezing conditions”.

“We are three months into the ceasefire, but the assistance is still not yet at scale for the population. Yes, food came in. But besides food, very little other type of assistance has come in. People are still living in shaky rubber shelters. Only tents which are not waterproof have come in, which obviously do not protect the population. And basically, they continue to lack almost everything,” Lazzarini said.

The envoy said Gaza has now been divided into “two parts”, and “we now have a yellow line in place with the population stretched across both sides. This is not normal.” 

 

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Meanwhile, Israeli defence forces have continued attacks in the occupied enclave. On Friday, Israeli forces killed at least 13 people, according to health officials.

Israeli authorities later issued a statement saying they struck Hamas infrastructure and fighters in southern and northern Gaza in response to a projectile launched by militants from the Gaza City area. 

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is expected to announce his proposed ‘Board of Peace’ to oversee the ongoing fragile ceasefire and rehabilitation in the war-torn country. 

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 71,395 people since October 7, 2023, with more than 200,000 reported injured.