“A 3-day-old child and one other child, lower than a month previous, each died after a extreme temperature drop,” he mentioned.
“This is because of the truth that they stay in tents,” added the physician, referring to Palestinians displaced by the greater than 14-month warfare in Gaza who’ve sought shelter in makeshift camps, many within the coastal Khan Yunis space.
“The tents don’t defend from the chilly, and it will get very chilly at night time, with no solution to preserve heat,” mentioned Farra.
The chance to newborns is especially acute, he added, as many moms undergo malnutrition affecting the standard of the milk their infants feed on.
The deceased three-week-old lady, Sila al-Faseeh, lived within the Al-Mawasi tent metropolis, on the Mediterranean coast close to Khan Younis.
