A Palestinian baby died on Saturday due to severe cold in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, a medical source told Anadolu, raising the number of children who died due to cold weather to eight since the start of the current winter season, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.
The medical source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis told Anadolu that the baby, Aisha Ayesh al-Agha, aged 27 days, died as a result of extreme cold.
No further details were revealed about the infant’s condition prior to her death, while most Palestinians are living in displacement tents or structurally unsafe homes due to the widespread destruction caused by Israel’s genocide over the past two years.
According to data from the Government Media Office, the war has caused massive destruction, affecting 90% of Gaza Strip’s civilian infrastructure.
The suffering has worsened amid Israel’s failure to meet its obligations under the ceasefire agreement, which entered its first phase on Oct. 10, 2025, including opening border crossings and allowing the agreed quantities of food, relief, medical aid, and shelter materials to enter the enclave.
Recent weather depressions have also caused tens of thousands of displacement tents to be blown away, flooded, or damaged, and led to the collapse of dozens of buildings previously damaged by Israeli bombardment, burying residents beneath the rubble.
Palestinians have accused Israel of repeatedly violating the Oct. 10 ceasefire that halted Israel’s brutal war that has killed more than 71,000 people, most of them women and children, and injured over 171,000 others since October 2023.
