Overview
- Gaza’s Health Ministry reported a newborn died of hypothermia in Deir el-Balah, bringing the cold-related infant death toll to four since November and 12 since October 2023.
- Medical sources said at least three Palestinians were killed and seven wounded in overnight Israeli attacks in Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza City despite a fragile ceasefire.
- Gaza Civil Defence warned that heavy rain and strong winds have torn or flooded thousands of tents, with nighttime temperatures dropping to about 9 degrees Celsius.
- Aid groups say Israel is limiting entry of tents, mobile homes and construction materials and note only 60,000 of more than 300,000 requested tents have arrived, while Israel’s COGAT says it has facilitated over 430,000 tents and tarpaulins and thousands of trucks with winter supplies.
- Hospital staff report chronic power cuts and say some incubators have arrived without internal batteries, undermining neonatal care in newly opened wards.