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A year after Gaza ceasefire, many residents still lack safe housing
A ceasefire halted two years of fighting in Gaza on October 10, 2025.
A year later, many people in the Strip still lack safe housing and basic services.
The UN Shelter Cluster says about 1.37 million people, or 65% of Gaza’s population, live in tents or makeshift shelters.
A World Bank and UN assessment found that more than 1.2 million Palestinians had lost their homes during the war.
Some residents are returning to badly damaged houses, while others remain in tents or struggle to find somewhere to rent.
Gazans and humanitarian monitors say poverty, unemployment, damaged infrastructure and insecurity remain serious problems, and residents blame multiple parties for the lack of progress.
The account gives no specific plan or timeline for improving conditions.
A year after the Gaza ceasefire took effect, hundreds of thousands of residents still live in damaged homes, tents and makeshift shelters.
The UN’s Shelter Cluster estimates that 65% of Gaza’s population, about 1.37 million people, remain in tents and makeshift shelters.
A World Bank and United Nations report found that more than 1.2 million Palestinians had lost their homes during the war.
Residents and humanitarian monitors say poverty, unemployment and damaged infrastructure remain widespread, while many people depend on international aid.
Residents who spoke to The Times of Israel expressed anger and disappointment, saying promised help had not arrived.
- Who
- Gaza residents, including people displaced from their homes.
- What
- Many still lack safe housing a year after the ceasefire and live in tents, makeshift shelters or damaged homes.
- When
- One year after the ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025.
- Where
- Gaza, including Gaza City.
- Why
- The war caused extensive destruction of housing, and residents say promised assistance has not arrived.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The ceasefire took effect, halting the fighting.
The UN estimated that about 1.5 million people in Gaza needed emergency shelter assistance.
The World Bank and the United Nations found that more than 1.2 million Palestinians had lost their homes.
The UN’s Shelter Cluster estimated that about 1.37 million people were still living in tents and makeshift shelters.
- Ceasefire
- Took effect October 10, 2025
- People needing emergency shelter
- About 1.5 million, according to the UN estimate in October 2025
- Homes lost
- More than 1.2 million Palestinians, according to a World Bank and UN report
- People in tents and makeshift shelters
- About 1.37 million, or 65% of Gaza’s population
- Cost of replacement stairs
- NIS 5,000 for Nael, a Gaza City resident
What people are saying
I’m going back to a half-destroyed house with a leaking roof, but it’s better than living in a tent or renting an apartment, which you can’t even find
There’s anger at everyone
Everyone in Gaza says nobody was honest with us. Everyone — Hamas, Fatah, the international community, the Arab countries — said they would help us.
Sources
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