oPt: Nearly 2 Million in Gaza Need Urgent Shelter Assistance as Winter Looms: IOM Chief Warns

Country: occupied Palestinian territory Source: International Organization for Migration Geneva, 9 October 2026 - Nearly all of Gaza’s population, almost two million people, still require shelter assistance one year after a ceasefire was announced. As winter rain begins, the combined supply pipeline of humanitarian shelter partners covers barely 17 per cent of identified winter needs, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope warned today. After years of displa