Cold, harsh weather conditions results in 8 deaths in Gaza

CAIRO – 6 January 2024: The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Monday the death of an infant due to the harsh weather conditions and severe cold in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health added that the number of deaths resulting from the severe cold in the Gaza Strip has risen to 8 cases.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured last night and at dawn due to the ongoing Israeli occupation shelling of various areas in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said on Saturday.

WAFA correspondent reported that two Persons were killed and others were injured when the occupation targeted a tent housing displaced people near Jalal Street in the city center of Khan Yunis governorate, south of the Gaza Strip.

He added that six people were killed in an occupation forces bombing that targeted a vehicle on Salah al-Din Street in the eastern Satar area in Khan Yunis city.

A person and a child were also killed when the occupation bombed two houses belonging to the al-Majayda and al-Sharif families in Mawasi Khan Yunis.

Rescue teams were able to retrieve the bodies of three slain Palestinians from under the rubble of a house targeted by the occupation forces on al-Sahaba Street in al-Daraj neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, several civilians were injured when the occupation bombed a house for the al-Ghoul family in al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, and the search is still ongoing for missing persons under the rubble.

The occupation forces continued to blow up residential buildings in Jabalia camp and its surroundings, north of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, which resulted in the killing of 45,717 people, the majority of whom are women and children, and the injury of 108,856 others, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and in the streets, and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them.