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UN says winter weather increases danger of building collapse in Gaza

With winter temperatures dipping to 13 degrees Celsius (55.4 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight in Gaza, UNRWA has warned that the change in weather poses real risks for Palestinians sheltering in the shells of destroyed buildings.

The rain and cold “increases the risk of collapse for any remaining structures – yet another way to be killed in a city-turned-graveyard,” the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said in a post on social media.


A Palestinian family huddles around a fire for warmth in the ruins of the Rashad Shawa Cultural Center, in Gaza City, on Friday


Bombed and starved, Palestinians in desperate search for food in Gaza


Palestinians gather to receive bread from a bakery in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Friday


UNICEF says attacks on Gaza hospitals must stop as 3-week-old baby dies from pneumonia

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported the death of a three-week-old Palestinian baby – born prematurely – from pneumonia.

UNICEF said the baby’s mother, Hala, did not name the child for fear of losing him and that attacks on Gaza’s hospitals prevented the baby from receiving the neonatal intensive care he needed.

“The violence must stop. Ceasefire now,” UNICEF said in a post on social media.