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SvennoJ on 28 February 2025
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Infants freezing to death shouldn’t happen in ‘modern days’: UNICEF

UNICEF says recent reports that Palestinian infants in Gaza have frozen to death “shouldn’t be happening in our modern days”.

The agency, which is distributing clothing to children in Gaza along with other partners, added humanitarian needs in the war-ravaged territory are “immense”.

“What children need now is a sustained ceasefire and continued unimpeded access to aid,” it added.




Israel army says jets attack ‘suspects’ in southern Gaza: Report

Earlier, Tahani Mustafa, an expert on Israel-Palestine with International Crisis Group, told Al Jazeera more than 400 Israeli violations have occurred during the Gaza ceasefire. Another air strike was launched on Friday.

“Two suspects who were identified in proximity to troops and posed a threat to them were struck by an aircraft in southern Gaza in order to remove the threat,” the army told AFP, adding “hits were identified”.

Nasser Hospital, in southern Khan Younis, said in a statement it received the body of a Palestinian killed in an air strike.

“Ambulance crews in Rafah recovered a martyr after he was targeted in an air strike by [Israel] west of Rafah city,” the hospital said.

Widespread ‘abuse’ of Gaza medics in Israeli custody

In a report, the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights said the Israeli military detained more than 250 medical personnel and support staff since the beginning of the war on Gaza in October 2023.

More than 180 remain in detention without a clear indication of when or if they will be released, it said.

“Detainees endure physical, psychological and sexual abuse as well as starvation and medical neglect amounting to torture,” the report said, denouncing a “deeply ingrained policy”.

Healthcare workers were beaten, threatened, and forced to sign documents in Hebrew during their detention, according to the report based on 20 testimonies collected in prison.

“Medical personnel were primarily questioned about the Israeli hostages, tunnels, hospital structures and Hamas’s activity,” it said. “They were rarely asked questions linking them to any criminal activity, nor were they presented with substantive charges.”