An overnight storm has worsened the conditions for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have fled their homes.Many are in makeshift shelters or sleeping rough.
- Israel says it carried out 250 strikes in the past 24 hours. Hamas officials say 50 people have been killed in the latest wave of air strikes
- The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a non-binding resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza
- Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has issued his sharpest criticism yet of Israel, saying the country is starting to lose global support over its "indiscriminate bombing" of Gaza
- Hamas broke through Israel's heavily guarded perimeter on 7 October, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostages - some of whom were released during a brief truce
- The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says Israel's military response has killed more than 18,200 people and injured more than 50,000.
Heavy showers have been affecting Gaza overnight making conditions for those living under canvas even more challenging.
The showers have been caused by a trough from north-east Africa moving across the eastern Mediterranean.
This has pushed cool air over the warm seas, with sea temperatures still in the low 20s - the atmosphere becomes unstable with rising air creating showers and thunderstorms.
The amount of rain will have varied greatly from place to place.
Further showers will continue to affect Gaza throughout the day today. A ridge of high pressure will then bring dry weather, with temperatures well above average by Friday; with this warm weather lasting well into next week.
It looks like there will be another round of wet weather towards the end of next week.
Gaza gets the vast majority of its annual rainfall between November and February, so there will be many more spells of cool and wet weather to come in the weeks and months ahead.
Israel continues to prevent independent journalistic access to Gaza – it will do so until there is a ceasefire and even then, if Israel remains in control of the territory, I am not sure we will be allowed in.
I don't think the Israeli forces are worried about whether we are safe in there or not – I think there are things they don't want us to see and that they want to master the media battlefield.
So they are fighting on all fronts and controlling the media is one of them.
If you look at Israeli TV, it is focused 24/7 on Gaza of course. But what you don’t see is Palestinian suffering.
You see troops, the home front, constant reminders of what happened on 7 October. You see the pain of the hostage families.
What you do not see are stories of individual Palestinians, nor the colossal scale of the damage going on in Gaza.
Let us give you another quick round-up of the key developments in the last few hours.
- Israel's military says it has carried out more than 250 strikes in Gaza over the past day
- Hamas officials say at least 50 people have been killed
- Nine Israeli soldiers, including a battalion commander, have been killed in one incident in Gaza on Tuesday, the IDF has confirmed
- A Palestinian woman told the BBC heavy rainfall overnight worsened the misery for her and her family as they took shelter in Deir al-Balah
- Elsewhere, Israel is looking increasingly diplomatically isolated after the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a non-binding resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza
- US President Joe Biden has he issued his sharpest criticism yet of Israel's leadership
- Biden linked the loss of international support with what he called Israel's indiscriminate bombing of Gaza
- FULL REPORT AND MANY OTHER UPDATES AT: Israel-Gaza latest news: UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demands Gaza ceasefire - BBC News
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