At the very least six Palestinian infants have reportedly died from hypothermia throughout a extreme chilly spell within the Gaza Strip, medical officers mentioned.
Dr Saeed Salah, medical director of the Pals of the Affected person Charitable Hospital, mentioned Tuesday that three newborns, aged between one and two days, died shortly after being admitted.
He additionally confirmed the loss of life of a 60-day-old child, who froze to loss of life inside a tent in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis. Two extra youngsters later succumbed to the chilly, medical sources advised Al Jazeera, bringing the entire to 6.
Salah added that the hospital’s nursery division had just lately acquired eight instances of extreme hypothermia, all requiring intensive care.
Based on the United Nations, no less than eight newborns died of hypothermia in Gaza in December alone, whereas 74 youngsters perished “amid the brutal situations of winter”.
The newest deaths come as Israel continues to dam the entry of short-term housing into Gaza, regardless of agreeing to permit it below the phrases of the ceasefire agreement.
Hundreds of cellular houses stay stranded on the Rafah crossing with Egypt, awaiting Israeli authorisation to enter the besieged Palestinian territory.
Whereas Israel dedicated to permitting the supply of 60,000 cellular houses and 200,000 tents, a Hamas spokesperson mentioned earlier this month that solely the tents had been delivered, and that no cellular houses had been allowed in.
Hamas decried Tuesday’s deaths in a press release, calling them a results of Israel’s “felony” insurance policies. It additionally referred to as on mediators and the worldwide neighborhood to intervene and make sure the entry of shelter and different important humanitarian provides into the Gaza Strip.
Israeli assaults on West Financial institution healthcare system
The World Well being Group (WHO) has additionally raised alarm over escalating assaults on healthcare services within the occupied West Financial institution.
“We see the present flashpoints of violence, assaults on healthcare … starkly rising within the West Financial institution,” Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO consultant within the occupied Palestinian territories, advised journalists throughout a press briefing from Gaza on Tuesday.
Between April and December 2024, the WHO documented 694 assaults on healthcare services within the West Financial institution.
Israeli army operations within the occupied West Financial institution have intensified in latest months, significantly within the north.
In Tulkarem refugee camp, Israeli forces have maintained a siege for 30 consecutive days, forcibly displacing residents.
Faisal Salama, head of the In style Committee for Tulkarem Camp Companies, advised Wafa information on Tuesday that Israeli forces had demolished no less than 40 residential buildings, together with 100 residences, and set fireplace to no less than 10 houses.
In Jenin, the place Israel has been conducting a month-long assault, greater than 20,000 folks have been forcibly displaced.
The Jenin municipality reported this week that Israeli forces had utterly demolished no less than 120 houses within the metropolis’s refugee camp.
