"A powerful winter storm sweeping the Gaza Strip has worsened the difficulty faced by displaced residents sheltering in tents after their homes were destroyed during the war. Others, unable to endure conditions in the camps, have taken refuge inside heavily damaged buildings or beneath rubble. Footage captured on Sunday shows tents torn apart by strong winds and torrential rain in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City, while nearby shelters struggle to withstand the weather. Other scenes show families seeking cover inside the remains of their damaged homes. One displaced man who returned to his destroyed house said the storm left him with no alternative. “We have nowhere to stay and we're fed up with living in tents. With every storm, we get flooded. We left Deir al-Balah because it flooded, and the tents were flooded too. We came to our house in our neighbourhood, where we can repair what we can under the rubble. It's better than the tents, which are so uncomfortable in this cold,” he said. Another displaced resident, Iyad Daqqa, said repeated storms had left families exposed. “The previous storm and this one have affected us greatly. As you can see, the tents were blown away by the intense cold. We no longer have shelter or heating,” he said. Despite repeated warnings, many families have moved into partially destroyed or war-damaged homes in an attempt to escape the cold, saying that tents provide little protection from wind and rain. Several weakened buildings have already collapsed in recent weeks, causing dozens of injuries and deaths, according to local reports. The WAFA news agency said the Gaza Strip was hit by a cold front on Saturday, bringing cloudy skies, heavy rainfall and strong winds, with the harsh conditions expected to persist until Monday night. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, warned that the weather was exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. “More rain. More human suffering, despair, and death,” Lazzarini wrote on Sunday on X. “The harsh winter weather is compounding more than two years of suffering. People in Gaza are struggling to survive in dilapidated, flooded tents and among the rubble.” The storm comes despite a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, which came into force on October 10 under a US-backed 20-point plan. The deal includes a halt to fighting, the release of hostages and the entry of humanitarian aid, though conditions on the ground remain dire for displaced civilians."