The Gaza Government Media Office reported on Sunday that there is a severe shortage of shelter supplies for displaced residents with only 15 mobile homes having entered the enclave, far from the 60,000 needed to accommodate displaced families, Anadolu Agency reports.

The number of trucks entering Gaza during the first phase of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas represented only 75 per cent of what was expected, Salama Maarouf, the head of the office, told Anadolu.

“The humanitarian crisis is worsening,” he added.

Maarouf said that Gaza requires 200,000 tents, but the number delivered falls well below half of that total.

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