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Three babies freeze to death in Gaza refugee camp amid Israeli blockade

Mahmoud al-Faseeh carries the body of his daughter, three-week-old Sila, who froze to death in the family tent in the al-Mawasi area outside the town of Khan Younis, December 25, 2024 [Hani Alshaer/Anadolu]

Three Palestinian babies have died of hypothermia at the al-Mawasi refugee camp in southern Gaza in recent days, as temperatures plummet and Israel’s blockade on food, water, and essential winter supplies continues.

Ahmed al-Farra, director of the children’s ward at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, confirmed the death of three-week-old Sila Mahmoud al-Faseeh on Wednesday, adding that two other babies, aged three days and one month, had been brought to the hospital over the previous 48 hours after dying of hypothermia.

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