An estimated 1.98 million people in Gaza, or 94 percent of the population, need shelter and basic household assistance, the United Nations has said.
More than four in five households are living in conditions classified as critical or catastrophic, with many shelters lacking fuel, energy and essential household items, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.
“These constraints affect people’s ability to sleep, cook, wash, store food and water, maintain adequate lighting and cope with heat and cold,” he said.
Dujarric said the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs continued to receive reports of Palestinian civilians being killed or injured in Israeli airstrikes, shelling and gunfire.
The bodies of 50 people, including 19 children, were buried on Aug. 21 after being recovered from rubble in recent days. They had been killed more than two years ago, he said.
Efforts to clear debris and recover bodies remain limited by restrictions on the entry of heavy machinery, spare parts, lubricants and other critical supplies, as well as restrictions on access to large areas of Gaza, Dujarric added.
