Gaza children freezing to death amid Israeli blockade, warns UNRWA chief

The UNRWA commissioner-general has warned that children in Gaza are freezing to death due to cold weather and a severe lack of shelter. Winter supplies have been delayed for months due to Israel’s blockade, with reports of infant deaths from exposure in makeshift camps.

The commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned that children in Gaza are freezing to death due to the cold weather and a severe lack of shelter.

“Gaza babies are freezing to death due to cold weather and a lack of shelter,” Philippe Lazzarini wrote in a post on X late Friday.

“Blankets, mattresses, and other winter supplies have been stuck in the region for months waiting for approval to get into Gaza,” he said, referring to Israel’s inhumane blockade of the coastal enclave, which launched a genocidal war in the first week of October last year.