Trump's "Board of Peace" says Israel has been too slow in helping Gaza manage deadly floods

Washington DC - President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" said Monday that Israel needed to act immediately to help war-battered Gaza cope with impending winter, saying measures ahead of deadly floods had been insufficient.

A displaced Palestinian boy wades through a water puddle between flooded tents amid heavy rainfall in Gaza City's Al-Remal neighborhood on November 7. Trump's "Board of Peace" has slammed Israel for being too slow in helping Gaza respond to the deadly floods.
A displaced Palestinian boy wades through a water puddle between flooded tents amid heavy rainfall in Gaza City's Al-Remal neighborhood on November 7. Trump's "Board of Peace" has slammed Israel for being too slow in helping Gaza respond to the deadly floods.  © Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

"The situation no longer represents simply a threat posed by the approaching winter, but an immediate humanitarian emergency," the Board of Peace said in a statement.

Heavy rain over the past two days has swept away tens of thousands of tents in the territory, where virtually the entire population has been displaced at least once, and killed at least five people, according to authorities in Gaza.

The Board of Peace, tasked with implementation of an October 2025 US-brokered ceasefire announced between Israel and Hamas, said it had been warning Israel, which controls all entry into the territory, of the need to prepare both for the winter and seasonal flooding.

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Moments before the statement came out, the Israeli military said it had allowed more than 8,200 trucks to enter the Gaza Strip with supplies including 91,000 tents.

The Board of Peace acknowledged steps being taken by Israel but said that they remain "insufficient".

"We call on the leadership of the current Government of Israel to act immediately to authorize and facilitate the entry of all necessary winterisation and humanitarian supplies," it said.

Despite the ongoing truce, Israel has kept up nearly daily strikes in Gaza.

Cover photo: Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

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