Three newborns freeze to death in Gaza, more martyrs recovered from under the rubble

GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday the death of three newborn children during the past hours due to severe cold and lack of shelter.

The medical director of the Patient Friends Hospital, Saeed Salah, said in statements reported by Sanad news agency that the three children did not exceed two months of age, and that they were living in displacement tents inside Gaza City with no heating tools.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the transfer of seven newly recovered bodies of martyrs in addition to six injuries to Gaza hospitals during the past 24 hours.

The ministry explained in a statement on Monday that five of the martyrs were recovered from under the rubble of destroyed houses during the Israeli annihilation war and two others died of their wounds while six were injured in Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.