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Father of child that froze to death tells of harsh conditions living in tents during winter

Mahmoud al-Faseeh, the father of the three-week-old baby girl who froze to death in the al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza, spoke to reporters briefly about the death of his daughter, Sila.

“We’re living in bad conditions inside our tent,” al-Faseeh said. “We sleep on the sand, and we don’t have enough blankets. We feel the cold inside our tent. Only God knows our conditions. Our situation is very difficult,” he said. “It was very cold overnight, and as adults, we couldn’t even take it. We couldn’t stay warm,” he told The Associated Press news agency.

On Wednesday morning, al-Faseeh found his daughter unresponsive. “She was like wood,” he said.


Palestinian children beside the makeshift tents where they live in Gaza’s Deir el-Balah in November 2024


Northern Gaza suffers ‘hell’ of Israeli military siege for almost 3 months: UNRWA

Juliette Touma, director of communications for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, has described northern Gaza as going through “the hell” of hells during Israel’s almost three-month-long siege.

In an interview with Irish state media, Touma told of Israel’s “heavy, heavy bombardment” of Gaza’s north. Touma also described the “loss of life among civilians and attacks on civilian infrastructure including hospitals and shelters” for civilians.

“The evacuation orders of hospitals and medical facilities – and attacks on them – have become commonplace in Gaza during the past 14 months since the war began,” Touma said.

“We shouldn’t become numb, though, to the fact that this happens all the time. Because, at the end of the day, this is a violation of international law. This is crossing a very thick red line and way too many times the rules of war have been broken in Gaza,” she said.

“Those responsible must be held accountable,” she added.


Gaza’s hunger crisis

Aid agencies say Israeli authorities are continuing to severely restrict the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, more than a month after global food security experts called for immediate action to avert famine in the war-torn enclave.

Here’s what we know about Gaza’s hunger crisis:

  • The Famine Review Committee, in an alert on November 8, said some 91 percent of Gaza’s 1.95 million people face “high levels of acute food insecurity”. These include an estimated 345,000 people facing famine.
  • The UN’s food agency says some 68 percent of Gaza’s cropland, 52 percent of its agricultural wells and 44 percent of its greenhouse areas have been damaged.
  • Some 70 percent of Gaza’s fishing fleet has been destroyed
  • Some 95 percent of Gaza’s cattle have died.