As Israel continues its assault, the 3-week-old daughter, Sila, became the third person to die in Gaza from the cold.
Amidst Israel’s continuous slaughter in the blockaded territory, a baby girl in besieged Gaza died overnight from freezing to death.
According to doctors, the 3-week-old infant was the third person to pass away from the cold in Gaza’s tent camps in recent days. These deaths highlight the filthy conditions, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are jammed into frequently dilapidated tents after escaping the Israeli onslaught.
Mahmoud al-Faseeh, the father of 3-week-old Sila, told The Associated Press that even wrapping her in a blanket, it was insufficient to keep her warm in their tent in the Muwasi neighborhood outside of Khan Younis.
He claimed that because Tuesday night’s temperature plummeted to 9 degrees Celsius, the ground was cold and the tent was not windproof.
“As adults, we couldn’t even handle the extreme cold that occurred over night. He said, “We were unable to stay warm.” Sila cried three times during the night, and when they woke up in the morning, her body was rigid and she was not responding.
“She was like wood,” al-Faseeh remarked. Her lungs had already deteriorated when they took her to a field hospital, where medical professionals attempted to revive her.
The pictures revealed the young girl with the purple lips and the blotches on her light complexion.
The infant passed away from hypothermia, according to Ahmed al-Farra, director of the children’s ward at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. He claimed that within the previous 48 hours, two further infants, one three days old and the other one a month old, had been sent to the hospital after succumbing to hypothermia.
Carnage in Israel
More than 45,360 Palestinians, primarily women and children, have been killed by Israel in the blockaded enclave thus far.
In addition to forcing nearly all of the enclave’s residents to relocate, it has resulted in a severe lack of essentials like food, water, medicine, and energy.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant were both subject to arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court last month for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
The International Court of Justice is also considering a genocide lawsuit against Israel for its invasion on Gaza.
