Shelters plea for Gazans as winter rains raise fears of more disease and death

Displaced Palestinians face life-threatening conditions, as aid agencies appeal for more shelters to be allowed in.

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"We are going to lose lives this winter. Children, families will perish," says Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

"It's actually so frustrating that we've now lost so many crucial weeks since the adoption of the Trump peace plan, which said humanitarian aid would flow and the Palestinians would not needlessly continue to suffer."

With a majority of the population displaced by two-years of a devastating war, most Gazans now live in tents - many of them makeshift.

They have been clearing up after widespread flooding due to a winter storm that began on Friday.