Compounding the targeted attacks and demolitions of Gaza's buildings are restrictions meted out by Israeli authorities on the entry of various essential aid, including materials for tents.

Amjad al-Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza, noted that most of the tents used by the displaced people are worn out and do not meet the minimum requirements for shelter.

There is an urgent need for about 300,000 new tents before the arrival of winter in order to avoid an imminent humanitarian and environmental disaster, he stressed.

According to Thawabta, the ceasefire deal stipulated the introduction of more than 300,000 tents and mobile homes to shelter the over 288,000 displaced Palestinian families.

But Thawabta added that Israel did not adhere to the stipulations regarding the shelters as well as other necessities that should have entered the blockaded strip, including essential food, medicine, heavy machinery and fuel.

Between the start of the ceasefire and the end of October, only 3,203 trucks entered out of the stipulated 13,200.

On a daily basis, an average of only 145 commercial and aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip, the media office noted, while the original plan required the entry of at least 600 trucks per day.

The upcoming winter is set to worsen the already dire situation in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians face starvation, displacement and disease.

The Gaza Media Office stated that Israel has dropped over 200,000 tonnes of bombs during the past two years, leaving more than 90 percent of the enclave destroyed.

Much of Gaza's infrastructure — including homes, schools, universities, mosques, churches, public spaces and health centres — has been reduced to rubble.

In late October, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (Unrwa) urged that "humanitarian access must be restored" as colder temperatures are expected.

"As winter approaches in Gaza, people are increasingly in need of shelter and warmth," Unrwa posted on X (formerly known as Twitter).