In brief
Gaza struggles with flooding that threatens over 800,000 of its residents, compounding the devastation from ongoing conflicts. Displaced families wait for housing reconstruction as peace negotiations stall over hostage issues. The pressing need for humanitarian aid and rebuilding efforts remains critical as winter storms wreak havoc in the region.
More than 800,000 Gazans are at risk from flooding, the UN says, as a powerful winter storm sweeps through the Strip. The heavy rain has already deluged camps and led to several buildings collapsing.
A steady stream of water trickles through openings in the tent that Ghadir al-Adham shares with her husband and six children in Gaza City. Her family is still displaced after the war and waiting for reconstruction to begin.
Here we are, living a life of humiliation, she told the BBC. We want caravans. We want our homes rebuilt. We long for concrete to keep us warm. Every day I sit and cry for my children.
Two months into an American-imposed ceasefire, Gaza is stuck in the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan - its territory divided between the warring parties, its people still displaced and surrounded by rubble.
Plans for new homes and a new government lie frozen in the next stage of Donald Trump's peace deal, as the search continues for Israel's last remaining hostage, Ran Gvili.
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, insists Hamas must return all Israel's hostages – living and dead – before moving on to the next, more difficult stage of the peace deal. But several searches of Gaza's rubble have so far shown no sign of him.
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His parents are counting on Israel's leaders not to move forward before their son is found, as they question whether Hamas is hiding Gvili as leverage in negotiations.
As winter storms continue to cause chaos, local families express their urgent need for assistance while peace efforts languish in uncertainty.
