Gaza babies die from winter cold say medics and families

Hundreds are now living in a date palm orchard and have struggled to keep warm and dry amid heavy rains and temperatures that have dropped as low as eight degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Twenty-day old Palestinian newborn Ali al-Batran, whose twin brother reportedly died due to hypothermia, lies inside an infant incubator at the intensive care unit of the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on December 29, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. PHOTO: AFP

January 2, 2025

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