AhlulBayt News Agency: “Imagine going through this as a mother or a father. Watching your child die in front of your eyes from the cold. This shouldn’t happen in the 21st century. Having your child die just because they needed a blanket, warm clothes, or shoes.”
With these heartbreaking words, Juliette Touma, the Director of Communications at the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), started her speech on Tuesday on the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The UNRWA official warned against the increasing number of children’s deaths in Gaza due to severe cold and lack of shelter, saying, “Children have died due to the cold in the past days, and more may die due to the cold, lack of shelter and shortage of basic winter supplies.”
Touma called on the Israeli occupation authorities to lift the siege on Gaza and allow the delivery of covers and winter clothes.
The spokesman for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), for his part, pointed out that the number of newborns who died in Gaza has increased due to severe cold and lack of shelter.
The UN official warned of more deaths among Gaza newborns, infants and patients, due to the severe cold, amid very limited ability of humanitarian organizations to provide them with life-saving aid.
The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza had announced on Monday that the number of deaths among the displaced, who had to live in displacement tents after their homes had been destroyed in the ongoing war, has surged to seven, including six children.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported the death of an infant from severe cold, bringing the number of those who died of cold to eight, including seven children.
The displaced Palestinians have been living in tents made of cloth and nylon, under harsh humanitarian conditions due to the scarcity of life essentials such as water and food, in addition to a severe shortage of clothing, blankets and heating devices during the winter.
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With these heartbreaking words, Juliette Touma, the Director of Communications at the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), started her speech on Tuesday on the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The UNRWA official warned against the increasing number of children’s deaths in Gaza due to severe cold and lack of shelter, saying, “Children have died due to the cold in the past days, and more may die due to the cold, lack of shelter and shortage of basic winter supplies.”
Touma called on the Israeli occupation authorities to lift the siege on Gaza and allow the delivery of covers and winter clothes.
The spokesman for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), for his part, pointed out that the number of newborns who died in Gaza has increased due to severe cold and lack of shelter.
The UN official warned of more deaths among Gaza newborns, infants and patients, due to the severe cold, amid very limited ability of humanitarian organizations to provide them with life-saving aid.
The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza had announced on Monday that the number of deaths among the displaced, who had to live in displacement tents after their homes had been destroyed in the ongoing war, has surged to seven, including six children.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported the death of an infant from severe cold, bringing the number of those who died of cold to eight, including seven children.
The displaced Palestinians have been living in tents made of cloth and nylon, under harsh humanitarian conditions due to the scarcity of life essentials such as water and food, in addition to a severe shortage of clothing, blankets and heating devices during the winter.
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