Israel urged to allow more winter supplies to enter the Strip

Lilia Sebouai

Global Health Security Reporter

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Lilia Sebouai is a reporter for The Telegraph’s Global Health Security and Foreign desks. She covers topics including infectious disease, emerging threats, humanitarian crises and conflict.

Published 10 November 2026 2:03pm GMT

Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has accused Israel of an “insufficient” response to deadly floods that have hit the Gaza Strip.

In a rare statement, the US-led body, charged with ending war in Gaza and rebuilding the Strip, called on Israel “to act immediately to authorise and facilitate the entry of all necessary winterisation and humanitarian supplies”.

“The situation no longer represents simply a threat posed by the approaching winter, but an immediate humanitarian emergency,” they said on Monday.

The Board has been pushing Israel for at least a month to speed up its “winterisation” policies so that residents in Gaza are better able to withstand the…