UN says 94 percent of Gazans need shelter aid
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.
