The massive destruction of homes and infrastructure ‘severely compromises’ the ability to meet basic needs, the UN said. 29 Nov 2023
A Palestinian man cooks inside his damaged apartment in the Khezaa district on the outskirts of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis, following weeks of Israeli bombardment, as a truce between Israel and Hamas entered its second day on November 25, 2023. – Hamas is expected to release another 14 Israeli hostages in exchange for 42 Palestinian prisoners on November 25, as part of a four-day truce in their seven-week war. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
Crowds of locals and displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis on November 28, 2023. – In Khan Yunis, where the population nearly doubled following the arrival of the displaced from the northern Gaza Strip, war-weary Palestinians remain sceptical about the Israel-Hamas deal to exchange hostages for prisoners. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
A Palestinian man smokes a cigarette amid the rubble in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis on November 28, 2023. – In Khan Yunis, where the population nearly doubled following the arrival of the displaced from the northern Gaza Strip, war-weary Palestinians remain sceptical about the Israel-Hamas deal to exchange hostages for prisoners. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / An Israeli soldier takes position within a damaged building to monitor the Salaheddine road in the Zeitoun district on the southern outskirts of Gaza city used by Palestinians leaving the city to the relatively safer south of the Gaza Strip on November 28, 2023. – A truce between Israel and Hamas entered a fifth day on November 28 after the deal was extended to allow further releases of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip on November 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. – A truce between Israel and Hamas entered a fifth day on November 28 after the deal was extended to allow further releases of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
epa10999437 Palestinians walk after crossing from the northern Gaza Strip to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah Al Din road in the central Gaza Strip, 28 November 2023. After Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day ceasefire, mediated by Qatar, the US, and Egypt, that came into effect at 05:00 AM GMT on 24 November, some Palestinians who were still in central Gaza moved towards the south while others already displaced in the south went back to the northern part to check on relatives they had left behind and on their homes to collect salvageable belongings. More than 14,000 Palestinians and at least 1,200 Israelis have been killed, according to the Gaza Government media office and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER
