{"id":4411,"date":"2025-02-26T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/six-babies-die-of-hypothermia-in-gaza-health-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:26:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:26:48","slug":"six-babies-die-of-hypothermia-in-gaza-health-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/six-babies-die-of-hypothermia-in-gaza-health-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Six babies die of hypothermia in Gaza, health officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six babies have died from hypothermia in Gaza since Sunday, according to health care officials <\/strong>in the strip, who warn there will be more such deaths unless more aid enters the enclave. <\/p>\n

Dr. Saeed Salah, the medical director of the Patient\u2019s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital (PFBS), northern Gaza, warned of a \u201cdisaster\u201d in the rising number of babies suffering from hypothermia, as they try to survive winter conditions in the strip. <\/p>\n

In the past two weeks, eight babies with hypothermia were admitted to the medical facility in Gaza City, said Dr. Salah. Of those, three were admitted to the intensive care unit, and three others died \u201cwithin hours\u201d of arrival. <\/p>\n

Then on Tuesday, a fourth baby who was just 69 days old died overnight, Dr. Salah added. Further south, two other babies died with hypothermia symptoms in Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, health workers there told journalists. <\/p>\n

Dr. Salah said more caravans, tents and fuel were needed to \u201cbring warmth to the people.\u201d He added that such provisions would stop this kind of \u201ccatastrophe from repeating itself\u201d and \u201cprevent the death of neonatal babies from hypothermia and frostbite.\u201d <\/p>\n

A fragile ceasefire has offered a moment of reprieve for people in Gaza from Israel\u2019s months-long military campaign that it launched in response to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel and saw more than 250 taken hostage. <\/p>\n

At least 48,348 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and another 111,761 people injured, the Ministry of Health there reported on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Survivors say they are struggling to rebuild communities and reconcile the destruction <\/strong>wrought \u2013 which <\/strong>gutted the medical system, and spawned a crisis of starvation, displacement and disease. Just 20 out of 35 hospitals are partially functional, according to the UN\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. <\/p>\n

Hamas has repeatedly accused Israel of preventing the entry of humanitarian aid into the strip in violation of the ceasefire agreement \u2013 accusations that Israel has denied. <\/p>\n

On February 14, COGAT said that 4,200 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip that week, carrying food, fuel, medical supplies, tents and shelter equipment, in compliance with the ceasefire and hostage deal. Since the start of the ceasefire on January 19, 16,800 trucks of aid had entered Gaza, COGAT added. <\/p>\n

\u2018Man-made crisis\u2019<\/h2>\n

In Nasser Hospital, a Palestinian mother gently stroked her tiny, pale baby, who was swaddled in blankets. Two-month-old Yousaf Al-Najjar is one of many neonatal patients being treated for hypothermia there. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have covers or anything,\u201d she added. \u201cI see death in my son.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day we are dealing with children (suffering) hypothermia, many of them die,\u201d she said on Tuesday. \u201cThe problem is not the hospital; it\u2019s the conditions where the children are living, either in tents or destroyed homes.\u201d <\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s <\/strong>war in Gaza <\/strong>has pushed many Palestinians into tent camps. At least 1.9 million people have been displaced, according to the UN. Many have sought refuge in sprawling outdoor areas, living for months in makeshift tents made of cloth and nylon \u2013 with little access to warmth, electricity or heating. In cold weather conditions, newborns and children up to three months are among those most at risk of respiratory infections, lack of blood supply, and infections, Dr Munir Al-Bursh, the director general of the health ministry in the enclave, said on February 19. <\/p>\n

Fikr Shalltoot, the Gaza director for the UK-based NGO, Medical Aid for Palestinians, said the deaths of those six Palestinian babies \u201cis the direct result of Israel\u2019s restrictions on humanitarian aid.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n

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