Doctors Without Borders, known by its moniker MSF, has issued a warning that the Gaza Strip’s children and babies are dying from harsh winter weather. It also requests that Israel ease its aid embargo as the military continues to waggle its genocidal war.
According to MSF, the death of a 29-day-old premature baby, Said Asad Abedin, who was born in Khan Younis, was brought on by severe hypothermia.
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The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Thursday that there were 13 fatalities due to extreme weather. Mohammed Khalil Abu al-Khair, a second baby born two weeks ago, froze to death in a shelter or clothing malfunction earlier this week.
In a video update, Ahmed al-Farra, the head of Nasser Medical Complex’s maternity and paediatric division, said that “hypothermia is very dangerous” for babies. We will see more and more deaths, according to al-Farra, if nothing is done to help these families in the tents, the warming, the mobile homes, the caravans, or the tents, he said.
According to MSF, children are “losing their lives because they lack the most fundamental necessities for survival,” according to Nasser Hospital’s nursing team manager Bilal Abu Saada. “Babies are coming to the hospital cold with near-death vital signs.”
In addition to the rising death rate, MSF reported that its staff expects to see high rates of respiratory infections, which are a particular threat for children under five.
“Sortens of thousands of Palestinians continue to struggle in flooded and decommissioned makeshift tents as Gaza is battered by heavy rains and storms,” the organization continued. “MSF urges Israeli authorities to urgently permit a sizable increase in aid flow into the Strip.”
Israeli attacks continue without a hitch.
Meanwhile, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces shot and destroyed buildings on Saturday morning in areas east of Gaza City, and more gunfire was reported east of Khan Younis.
At least six people were killed when Israel attacked a shelter for Palestinian refugees on Friday. The Israeli military allegedly fired on “suspects” of the law.
Body parts and frightened civilians attempting to rescue injured people from danger were seen in the scene’s graphic videos.
The occupied West Bank town of az-Zawiya was also attacked by military vehicles as well, according to the organization. There, the forces severely injured and severely injured a number of residents and stormed homes, according to the organization.
“His tiny cries are still audible to me.”
More than 53, 000 tents that have been displaced Palestinians’ temporary shelters have been flooded or blown away in recent weeks due to heavy rain, high winds, and freezing temperatures.
The destruction of significant amounts of infrastructure and buildings causes flooding and sewage overflows. Despite the risk of collapse, scattered families have sought refuge in the shells of partially collapsed buildings, with 13 of them caving in across Gaza last week.
Children and babies have been found to be fatally affected by the winter weather and Israel’s blocking of essential aid and mobile homes for shelter.
Eman Abu al-Khair, a 34-year-old displaced Palestinian living in al-Mawasi west of Khan Younis, discovered her sleeping baby Mohammed as “cold as ice,” his hands and feet frozen, and “his face stiff and yellowish,” she told Al Jazeera.
Due to the severe rain, it was impossible for her and her husband to travel by foot to the hospital.
Mohammed was taken into intensive care in Khan Younis after being rushed by an animal-drawn cart to Red Crescent Hospital in Khan Younis at dawn, with a blue face and convulsions. He passed away shortly after.
Eman said, “I can still hear his tiny cries in my ears.” I go to sleep and leave, unable to accept that his crying and awakening me at night will never occur again.
She continued, “No medical issues were reported for Mohammed.” His tiny body was unable to withstand the tents’ extreme cold.
Despite being requested to stop by a number of UN agencies, international organizations, and other countries since the October 10 ceasefire ended, Israel has continued to obstruct the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
Despite the fact that an estimated 55, 000 families have seen their belongings and shelters damaged or destroyed in the storm, Israel has said it has prevented tents and blankets from reaching Palestinians.
According to the UN, there have also been scores of damages to thousands of kid-friendly locations, affecting about 30 000 children.
Aid is entering Gaza in a “trickle,” according to Natasha Hall, a senior advocate for Refugees International, in part because of its opaque list of “controlled dual-use items,” which included tents, tools, bandages, and other necessities.
Source: Aljazeera
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