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Special reports: Updates December 27 and earlier, 2024: 'Broken': Domestic violence impacts women, children in Gaza & Gaza toddlers got the polio vaccine, then an Israeli bomb took their legs & Millions in bonds for Israel put US states at odds with investment policies Previous reports:  As Gaza war rages israel supportive outlets under fire & EU research funds flow to Israel & My mother's shattered dream of family reunion in Gaza & Gaza's libraries will rise from the ashes & The genocide kills dreams, not just people and earler stories  Overview special reports

November 28 - 24 and earler stories, 2024 Is Netanyahu immune from ICC arrest warrant-NO!   TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

Shireen Abu Akleh In commemoration of Shireen Abu Akleh, the 'voice of Al Jazeera' killed while revealing the true face of israel Updated: December 6, 2024: Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war   Click here for earlier stories/news

December 30 - 26, 2024 'Betrayed' and 'abandoned' Sixth baby dies from severe cold in Gaza as Israel raids hospitals...and counting 'merry christmas gift for the western allies of israels' genocidal war against the Palestinians, especially incl. babies. ENJOY! Gino d'Artali with a heartfelt pain I cannot describe

December 27 - 24, 2024 Food for thought: Is Israel using starvation as a war tactic in its genocidal war in Gaza?... and 'The war in Gaza is beyond anything'... Yes they are! Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself

December 10 - 7, 2024 Food for thought: 'The next one' as seen by an Iranian activist cartoonnist and yes, with the fall of assad it most likely is a matter of time before the next ones, netanyahu, khamenei, erdogan and others, will follow. Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself

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and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
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Another baby freezes to death

Al Jazeera - Dec 30 2024 - Al Jazeera Live - By Urooba Jamal and Umut Uras
<<Sixth baby dies from severe cold in Gaza as Israel raids hospitals
One-month-old Ali al-Batran dies a day after twin brother as enclave suffers bitter temperatures under Israeli bombs.
Cold weather in Gaza has claimed the life of a baby, the sixth to die in a week, according to medical sources, as Israel continues its relentless attacks on hospitals across the strip. One-month-old Ali al-Batran died on Monday at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, quoting medical sources who attributed his death to plummeting temperatures. The day before, his twin brother, Jumaa al-Batran, perished from the cold in the displaced family's flimsy tent in Deir el-Balah, also in the centre of the enclave, his father said, describing how Jumaa had been discovered with his head as "cold as ice".
The babies were born one month prematurely.
Israeli forces have displaced almost all of the 2.3 million residents of Gaza, forcing tens of thousands of them into makeshift tents in open-air camps along the rainy, windswept coast. Three of the six Palestinian babies who have died of hypothermia in the past week lived in the coastal <safe zone> of al-Mawasi, close to the southern town of Khan Younis. Gaza's Government Media Office said on Monday that <bitter cold and frost> hitting <dilapidated tents> in the strip's camps had killed seven people, including an adult healthcare worker.
Gaza's Ministry of Health reported on Monday that 27 people had been killed over the previous 24 hours.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudari said: <You can't imagine the situation right now. We are all freezing and shaking due to the very cold weather. ... Especially those who are in al-Mawasi very close to the beach are suffering from the cold." "We're talking about Palestinians who have been displaced for more than 14 months. They still have the same tent. There [are] no tent tarps. It’s also very expensive to afford any nylon or any equipment or tools to cover your tent and even winter clothes [and] blankets."
Hospitals under fire
In parallel, Israel has attacked two hospitals - al-Wafaa and al-Ahli - in Gaza City. The bombing of al-Wafaa on Sunday killed seven people and critically wounded others, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence. A witness at the scene of the al-Wafaa bombing described seeing bodies <ripped to pieces". The Israeli military said its attack targeted a Hamas <command and control centre>, but it provided no evidence to support this assertion. Israeli forces also detained hundreds of Palestinians, including dozens of medical staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza on Friday. Among them was its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safia. The military has not disclosed Abu Safia's whereabouts. However, CNN reported on Monday that he was being kept at the Sde Teiman army base, which is also a detention facility in the Negev desert in southern Israel. It quoted two recently released Palestinian prisoners who had seen him and heard his name being read out. On Monday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, called for Abu Safia's immediate release. Tedros, who last week escaped an Israeli strike on Yemen's main airport that he said hit metres away from him, said in a post on X that hospitals in Gaza had become "battlegrounds" and the health system was "under severe threat". "We repeat: stop attacks on hospitals. People in Gaza need access to health care. Humanitarians need access to provide health aid. Ceasefire!" he said. Meanwhile, Israeli media released a video of the moments before Abu Safia was detained by Israeli forces. The footage captured his efforts to move hundreds of patients and medical staff to safety after the Israeli military issued a 15-minute warning to leave the hospital. Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum said the military had released the footage in a bid to depict their operations as <incredibly targeted, precise and humane>. "But later on, we have heard from eyewitnesses ... quite the opposite in terms of the humiliation [and] bad treatment that they received at the hands of the Israeli soldiers [and] the brutal beatings that they have witnessed during the military operations," he added.
Since Israel's war began in October 2023, Gaza's residents have endured severe shortages of electricity, drinking water, food and medical services as the vast majority of them have been forced out of their homes and displaced - many repeatedly.
The Israeli genocide in Gaza has killed at least 45,541 Palestinians and wounded 108,338. More than 1,100 people were killed in Israel during Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and dozens were taken captive.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/30/sixth-baby-freezes-to-death-in-gaza-as-israel-raids-hospitals

Al Jazeera - Dec 30 2024 - Al Jazeera Live - By Urooba Jamal and Umut Uras
<<LIVE: Israel attacks two more hospitals as winter adds to suffering in Gaza
Imam Islam Abu Suaied holds the body of 20-day-old Jomaa al-Batran
This video may contain light patterns or images that could trigger seizures or cause discomfort for people with visual sensitivities.
Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, a day after attacks that killed 30 people, including seven in an assault on al-Wafaa Hospital in Gaza City. The nearby Ahli Hospital was also shelled. Gaza's Government Media Office says a "significant" cold front will affect the Strip in the coming hours and days, amid reports that a fifth baby has died from hypothermia.>>
Video and more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/30/live-israeli-forces-arrest-patients-after-bombing-two-north-gaza-hospitals 

Al Jazeera - Dec 29 2024
<<Twenty-day-old baby dies of cold in Gaza, fifth such fatality this winter
Jumaa al-Batran is the fifth infant to die from winter-related causes as Israeli genocide causes harsh living conditions. A 20-day-old baby in Gaza has died from severe cold, the fifth such fatality from hypothermia in six days in the Israeli-besieged Palestinian enclave. Jumaa al-Batran died on Sunday while his twin brother, Ali, remains in intensive care at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Gaza's Ministry of Health said in a statement. Jumaa's father, Yahya al-Batran, said his son was found with his head as "cold as ice" when he woke up on Sunday. He said the twins were born one month prematurely and spent just a day in the nursery at the hospital in Deir el-Balah, which like other health centres in Gaza has been overwhelmed and is only partially functioning due to relentless Israeli bombings. He said doctors told their mother to keep the newborns warm but it was impossible because they live in a tent and temperatures regularly drop below 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) at night. "We are eight people, and we only have four blankets," al-Batran said as he cradled his son's pale body. He described drops of dew seeping through the tent cover overnight. "Look at his colour because of the cold. Do you see how frozen he is?" said al-Batran, whose family has sought shelter inside a tattered tent in the city of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza. There is no electricity. The water is cold, and there is no gas, heating or food. ... My children are dying in front of my eyes, and nobody cares. Jumaa has died, and I fear his brother Ali may follow." Children, some of them barefoot, stood outdoors and watched Yahya mourn. The shrouded infant was laid at the feet of an imam, barely larger than his shoes. After prayers, the imam took off his ankle-length coat and wrapped it around the father. Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary said the area where the al-Batran family was sheltering is "very close to the sea and very windy". "There are no tarps or tents, and Jumaa's father was unable to give his children basic necessities," she said. "Not only are Palestinian babies and children dying from air attacks and artillery but also from malnutrition and hypothermia." Israeli forces have displaced nearly the entire 2.3 million residents of Gaza, forcing tens of thousands of them to huddle in unsuitable tents along the rainy, windswept coast in southern Gaza. Three of the five Palestinian babies who froze to death in less than a week lived in the <humanitarian zone> in al-Mawasi. Marwan al-Hamas, head of field hospitals in Gaza, confirmed Jumaa's death, saying it brought to five the number of children "who have died due to severe cold" in recent days. Ahmed Alfarra, a doctor at Al Tahreer Maternity Hospital in Khan Younis, said he sees an average of five to six cases of hypothermia among babies every day. "I visited the tents where these infants are living, and I saw the condition. It is miserable," Alfaraa told Al Jazeera.
Since the war began in October last year, Gaza's residents have endured severe shortages of electricity, drinking water, food and medical services as they have been forced out of their homes and displaced - many repeatedly.
The Israeli genocide in Gaza has killed at least 45,484 Palestinians and wounded 108,090. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/29/twenty-day-old-baby-dies-of-cold-in-gaza-fifth-such-fatality-this-winter

Al Jazeera - Dec 28 2024
<<One in six children live in conflict zones this year: UNICEF
More children than ever have been forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict, according to the UN agency. About 473 million, or more than one in six children, are estimated to live in conflict areas worldwide, according to the United Nations children's agency. UNICEF's statement came on Saturday as conflicts continue to rage around the world, including in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, among other places. In Israel's devastating war on Gaza in particular, at least 17,492 children have reportedly been killed in nearly 15 months of conflict that has reduced much of the enclave to rubble.
"By almost every measure, 2024 has been one of the worst years on record for children in conflict in UNICEF's history - both in terms of the number of children affected and the level of impact on their lives," said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. According to Russell, a child growing up in a conflict zone is far more likely to be out of school, malnourished, or forced from their home compared with a child living in places with no conflict.
"This must not be the new normal. We cannot allow a generation of children to become collateral damage to the world's unchecked wars," the director said. The proportion of children living in areas of conflict has doubled - from about 10 percent in the 1990s to almost 19 percent today, UNICEF said. According to the report, 47.2 million children were displaced due to conflict and violence by the end of 2023. The trends for 2024 indicate a further increase in displacement because various conflicts have intensified, including in Haiti, Lebanon, Myanmar, the Palestinian territories and Sudan. Additionally, in the latest available data, from 2023, the UN verified a record 32,990 grave violations against 22,557 children - the highest number since UN Security Council-mandated monitoring began, UNICEF said. There is an overall upward trend in the number of grave violations, with this year likely to see another increase, as "thousands of children have been killed and injured in Gaza, and in Ukraine", the agency said. Sexual violence against children has surged, their education has been affected, children's malnutrition rates have risen and armed conflicts have taken a larger toll on children's mental health, UNICEF also reported.
"The world is failing these children. As we look towards 2025, we must do more to turn the tide and save and improve the lives of children," Russell said.
Gaza's children 'cold, sick, traumatised'
In Gaza - where the Israeli military has killed more women and children in the past year than in any recent conflict over a single year, Oxfam reported in September - the ongoing war is a "nightmare" for children, UNICEF Communication Specialist Rosalia Bollen said last week at a media briefing. "Children in Gaza are cold, sick and traumatised," Bollen said last Friday. About 96 percent of women and children in Gaza cannot meet their basic nutritional needs, she said, lamenting the lack of aid able to reach children in the Strip. "Gaza must be one of the most heartbreaking places on Earth for humanitarians. Every small effort to save a child's life is undone by fierce devastation," said Bollen.
"For over 14 months, children have been at the sharp edge of this nightmare."
Bollen said that many children in the besieged enclave don't have winter clothes, have to resort to searching through rubbish for provisions and are plagued with diseases. She urged the use of political capital and diplomatic leverage to push for the evacuation of injured children and their parents to leave Gaza and seek medical care in East Jerusalem or elsewhere.
"This war should haunt every one of us. Gaza's children cannot wait," she pressed.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/28/2024-among-worst-year-for-children-in-armed-conflict-zones-unicef

Jinha - Womens News Agency - Dec 27, 2024
<<Another baby freezes to death in Gaza
Three children have frozen to death in the Gaza Strip in recent days while an Israeli strike on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya killed five medical staff on Thursday.
News Center- The Israeli army continue to attack the Gaza Strip, targeting civilians and medical workers. At least nine Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Gaza City and Rafah at dawn on Friday, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. An Israeli strike on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya killed five medical staff on Thursday. Israeli forces ordered everyone, including medical staff and patients to evacuate the hospital, WAFA reported on Friday.
Children freeze to death
According to local sources, a three-week old baby has frozen to death in Gaza in recent days. The baby girl is the third to die from the cold in tent camps in Gaza.
45,399 Palestinians killed
At least 45,399 Palestinians have been killed and 107,940 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Gaza's health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.>>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/another-baby-freezes-to-death-in-gaza-36243?page=1

Al Jazeera - Dec 26 2024
<<Three babies freeze to death in Gaza refugee camp amid Israeli blockade
Mahmoud al-Faseeh carries the body of his daughter, three-week-old Sila, who froze to death in the family tent in al-Mawasi
Three Palestinian babies have died of hypothermia at the al-Mawasi refugee camp in southern Gaza in recent days, as temperatures plummet and Israel's blockade on food, water, and essential winter supplies continues. Ahmed al-Farra, director of the children's ward at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, confirmed the death of three-week-old Sila Mahmoud al-Faseeh on Wednesday, adding that two other babies, aged three days and one month, had been brought to the hospital over the previous 48 hours after dying of hypothermia. "She was in good health and she was born naturally, but because of the severe cold in the tents there was a significant decrease in temperature which made her bodily system stop working and led to her death," said al-Farra, referring to Sila's death in an interview with Al Jazeera. Mahmoud al-Faseeh, father of baby Sila, said the family had been living in "bad conditions" in their tent at al-Mawasi, an area of dunes and farmland on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast, close to the southern town of Khan Younis. Al-Mawasi was designated as a <safe zone>, but was attacked repeatedly over the last 14 months of the Israeli offensive. "We sleep on the sand and we don't have enough blankets and we feel the cold inside our tent," he told Al Jazeera. "Only God knows our conditions. Our situation is very difficult." The family's tent was not sealed from the wind and the ground was cold, with temperatures on Tuesday night dropping to 9 degrees Celsius (48 degrees Fahrenheit). The baby had woken up crying three times overnight. In the morning, her parents found her unresponsive, her body stiff, "like wood", said al-Faseeh in another interview with The Associated Press news agency. He rushed the baby to Nasser Hospital, but it was already too late to revive her. Dr Munir al-Bursh, the director general of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said baby Sila "froze to death from the extreme cold", underlining that the site had been declared a "temporary safe humanitarian zone for displaced persons" by the Israeli military.
Israel's bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza has killed over 45,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children.
The offensive has caused widespread destruction and displaced some 90 percent of the Strip's 2.3 million residents, often multiple times.
Hundreds of thousands are packed into tent camps along the coast as the cold, wet winter sets in. Aid groups have struggled to deliver food and supplies and say there are shortages of blankets, warm clothing and firewood. "This is a screaming example of the consequences of this unfair war and its impact on the people of the Gaza Strip," said al-Farra.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/three-babies-freeze-to-death-in-gaza-refugee-camp
 

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