GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), Nine-month-old Kinan Ahmed Arqiq died from extreme cold inside his family’s displacement tent in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, as the suffering of displaced Palestinians worsens with the arrival of winter and the lack of adequate heating and protection from falling temperatures.
The PIC correspondent reported Thursday that the infant died inside his family’s tent in Khan Yunis due to freezing temperatures, highlighting the dangerous living conditions facing children, particularly infants, in displacement camps.
Kinan’s death has renewed attention to the toll of extreme cold on children in Gaza during previous winters.
In February 2025, Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced that seven children had died from exposure to severe cold.
The Ministry of Social Development also reported, citing World Health Organization documentation, that at least 19 deaths from hypothermia had been recorded over the previous two winters.
The risks facing displaced Palestinians continue to grow as thousands of families remain forced to live in tents that lack even the most basic shelter necessities.
These makeshift shelters provide inadequate protection against freezing temperatures, heavy rainfall, and strong winds, while shortages of shelter supplies and heating equipment leave vulnerable families, especially infants and young children, exposed to life-threatening conditions.
