A newborn in Gaza, 27 days old, died on Saturday from severe cold, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed, raising the number of children who have died of hypothermia this winter to eight.
The infant, Aisha Ayesh al-Agha, was brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, but medical staff said it was already too late to save her, The Guardian reports.
This comes amid a wider collapse of maternal and neonatal care, with war-driven shortages of fuel, medical supplies, and shelter forcing mothers into life-threatening choices.
Recent reports from Physicians for Human Rights, alongside the University of Chicago Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, reveal staggering figures between January and June 2025: 2,600 miscarriages, 220 pregnancy-related deaths, 1,460 premature births, and thousands of infants needing intensive care.
Gaza has recorded 17,000 births in early 2025, a 41% drop from the same period in 2022, as displacement camps swell and living conditions deteriorate.
