In Gaza, seven newborns have succumbed to hypothermia due to restricted entry of essential supplies, including tents, during a cold snap and the ongoing ceasefire. The Gaza Health Ministry confirmed the deaths, with calls from officials for immediate international intervention to protect vulnerable children. Medical facilities report increased cases of severe cold symptoms and hypothermia among infants, as aid is not reaching those in desperate need. The situation has been labeled a consequence of the ongoing conflict, escalating concerns over child safety in the region.
'On Thursday at dawn, I noticed severe cold symptoms in my baby Amro,' Ola, who had Amro after having two miscarriages, told Wafa. 'We took him to Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi Hospital where he stayed for 15 hours. When his condition worsened, he was transferred to the Patient's Friends Benevolent Society Hospital, where he stayed in the ICU for two hours before his death was declared.'
This follows the death of six other newborn babies in Gaza, aged one month or younger, in the past two weeks, officials have reported. Three of the newborns who died were between one and two days old.
Gaza Health Ministry head Munir al-Bursh has called for 'urgent and immediate intervention by international and UN institutions to save the children of Gaza from the consequences of the genocidal war waged by the occupation,' per Al Jazeera.
On Tuesday, Saeed Salah, the medical director for the Gaza City's Friends of the Patient Charitable Hospital, said that the hospital has recently received eight babies suffering from hypothermia.
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