7TH CHILD FREEZES TO DEATH IN GAZA IN 48 HOURS

Wed 26 February 2025:

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced the death of a baby girl due to the severe cold weather sweeping the region, raising the number of child fatalities due to the extreme weather to seven infants, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, the director general of the ministry, announced today that Seila Abdul Qader, who was less than two months old, froze to death as a result of the severe cold wave affecting the Gaza Strip. This brings the total number of deaths in the past 48 hours to seven infants.

Al-Bursh reported that the total number of children who have died due to cold waves since the beginning of winter has reached 15. He noted that hospitals in the Gaza Strip, particularly children’s hospitals, are no longer able to handle the cases arriving with cold-related complications, either due to the destruction caused by the Israeli occupation army or damage to facilities and equipment within them.

Al-Bursh indicated that the Israeli army has destroyed medical equipment and devices for newborn infants, such as incubators and intensive care units, especially in hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip.

He called for urgent and immediate intervention by international and UN institutions to save the children of the Gaza Strip from the consequences of the genocidal war launched by Israel against the enclave.

-MEMO

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