Health worker dies in Khan Yunis due to ‘extreme cold’

GAZA  (Palestine Foundation Information Center)  Al-Hakim Ahmed al-Zaharneh, who was among the crews working at the European Gaza Hospital, has died because of “extreme” weather conditions, according to a statement by the Palestinian Health Ministry.

His body was found inside his tent in al-Mawasi area, west of the city of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

“This incident comes in light of the difficult humanitarian conditions that displaced citizens are experiencing, as the suffering of Gaza residents increases due to low temperatures and the lack of heating means in tents,” the ministry said.

A fourth Palestinian baby has died due to extreme cold in Gaza over the past 72 hours, as hundreds of thousands of people displaced by Israel’s war struggle to keep warm in flimsy tents.