Key Facts

• Gaza’s Government Media Office said the storm flooded about 70,000 tents within 12 hours, killed at least five people, and caused about $3 million in damage.
• Gaza’s Civil Defence reported more than 2,100 distress calls by Monday and warned that over 2,000 buildings could collapse.
• The article says nearly 400,000 displaced people are sheltering in areas considered highly vulnerable.
• Gaza’s Crossings and Borders Authority said no aid trucks or commercial goods entered on November 6 or 7; five cooking-gas trucks entered the following day.
• The UN humanitarian office said Israel notified the UN on November 1 that it would suspend shipments from Egypt; aid groups warned that daily cooked meals could fall from about 600,000 to 330,000.
• Gaza’s Ministry of Health said 20 more Palestinians were killed during the past week, bringing the reported death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire to 1,613 as of November 9.
• The article reports that President Isaac Herzog gave opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to form a government after 67 members of parliament recommended him, compared with 46 for Benjamin Netanyahu.
• Arab-led parties said they would not join a government that violates international law, while the Joint List said it may support Eisenkot from outside the government if it sees action on education, welfare, and crime.