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Nahla says the plastic tarp she and her eight kids shelter under collapsed from the rain on their heads last night.
Israel says aid is flowing into Gaza, with trucks carrying winter blankets, tents and plastic sheeting.
But the Norwegian Refugee Council says Israel is impeding the entry of supplies and has rejected 4,000 pallets of shelter materials since the ceasefire.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai, with reporting by Anas Baba in Gaza.
official tells NPR President Trump's team is pushing to move to the second phase of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
He spoke anonymously because the announcement hasn't officially been made yet.
is also pushing for the creation of an international stabilization force comprised of Muslim and Arab forces to be deployed in Gaza early next year.
But it's unclear which countries will join and what their role will be.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Ati said at the Doha Forum in Qatar that the force needs to be deployed as soon as possible.
He says the troops should act as a buffer between Hamas and Israeli forces still inside Gaza.
We need international forces to be deployed alongside the so-called yellow line in order to verify and to monitor the upholding of the ceasefire.
Palestinians released from Israeli prisons since the start of Gaza's war have borne signs of abuse.
They've described rape in military detention, severe beatings, prolonged starvation, and attacks by trained dogs.
Palestinian authorities say 81 prisoners have died in Israeli jails since late 2023.
The UN Committee Against Torture says reports indicate a, quote, de facto state policy in Israel of organized and widespread torture.
Israel did not respond to requests for comment on the report.
The committee says Israel does not have a distinct defense criminalizing torture, with legislation actually allowing some exemptions as, quote, a necessity of defense.