Chilly Gaza braces for more winter rain and word of any progress in ceasefire talks

A displaced Palestinian woman heats a pot as children look on outside her tent-home as the region experiences rain and cold winter conditions, in Gaza City, on Sunday, December 28, 2025. The majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced, often multiple times, by the war that began with Hamas's attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. With many displaced living in tent camps, the coming winter is raising serious concerns. -- Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP): Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza ’s thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents on Saturday for another round of winter rain.

Some families in the central town of Deir al-Balah said they had been living in tents for about two years, or for most of the war between Israel and Hamas that has devastated the territory.