Government Media Office
⭕*Text of the press conference: Press release No. (1021) issued by the Government Media Office:*
⛔The Israeli occupation is causing a tragic housing disaster and exacerbating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, leaving displaced people without protection for the winter.
Today, we stand before a humanitarian catastrophe, the most severe since the beginning of the genocidal war and aggression waged by the Israeli occupation against our defenseless Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are enduring conditions that no society could bear, lacking even the most basic necessities of life. The Israeli occupation is deliberately deepening the tragedy and depriving civilians of protection.
The Gaza Strip is witnessing an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, with more than 288,000 Palestinian families living through a harsh ordeal amidst severe weather conditions and a complete absence of the bare minimum of basic necessities. What we have repeatedly warned against has become a painful reality: tens of thousands of tents sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people were flooded with the first storm of this winter, a scene that embodies the scale of the suffering and the international community's failure to provide adequate shelter.
We have clearly stated that the Gaza Strip needs 300,000 tents and mobile homes to provide basic human shelter, yet the world has not acted as required. The occupation continues its policy of restricting and preventing the entry of tents, tarpaulins, and plastic sheeting, keeps the crossings closed, delays the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, and reneges on the humanitarian protocol concerning the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, attempting to impose new forms of genocide by deepening the humanitarian catastrophe.
In addition to tents, there is a whole range of urgent humanitarian requirements that must be provided immediately, including:
• Waterproof tarpaulins and plastic sheeting.
• Safe heating for children, the sick, and the elderly.
• Flooring to prevent tents from turning into mud pools.
• Blankets, mattresses, and thermal insulation materials.
• Mobile sanitary facilities with water and sanitation services.
• Lighting and alternative energy supplies.
To this day, the occupation prevents the entry of all these materials, in grave violation of the humanitarian protocol it signed and in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, thus exacerbating the catastrophe for which civilians alone are paying the price.
We strongly condemn this ongoing crime perpetrated by the occupation against civilians, and we hold the occupation fully responsible for the suffering of hundreds of thousands of displaced people who are facing the harsh winter without safe shelter or basic services. We
also condemn its catastrophic crime of insisting on the complete closure of crossings and preventing the entry of shelter supplies. We call upon US President Donald Trump, the mediating countries, and the guarantor parties of the agreement to take serious and immediate action to compel the occupation to abide by its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and the humanitarian protocol related to the humanitarian situation.
International organizations are supposed to begin distributing the shelter materials that the occupation recently allowed to enter within the next few days, but these materials are insufficient to meet the needs of the population. We emphasize the urgent need for immediate action to avert the catastrophic consequences afflicting the displaced and tens of thousands of families throughout the Gaza Strip.
Providing these necessities is a legal, moral, and humanitarian obligation of the international community, and this obligation cannot be subject to delay or procrastination under any circumstances.
✳️Government Media Office
📍Gaza Strip – Palestine
📅Monday, November 17, 2025
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