During my visit to Gaza only a few weeks ago, people repeatedly told me how much they worried about the coming winter. I saw firsthand how fragile many of their makeshift shelters had become. With funding severely limited, families and humanitarian organizations have had little support to prepare for the cold and rainy months ahead.
Now those fears have become reality. Nearly one million displaced people are living in camps in flood-prone areas, where heavy rains quickly turn the ground into deep mud, destroying tents, mattresses and food supplies, and flooding already inadequate sanitation facilities.
