Five babies freeze to death in Gaza

In Gaza, at least five more babies have frozen to death, according to a doctor and Palestinian media, as Israel continues to stop mobile phones from reaching the enclave, The National reported on February 25th.

Eight children who are struggling with extreme cold or “cold injury” have been sent to the intensive care units of Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital over the last fortnight, hospital director Dr Saeed Salah said in an X video posted on the evening of February 24th.

At just one or two days old and with a weight of 1.7kg to 2kg, three of the babies died in just hours because of “severe cold”, according to Salah.

The National