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At least six Palestinian infants have reportedly died from hypothermia during a severe cold spell in the Gaza Strip, medical officials said. Dr Saeed Salah, medical director of the Friends of the Patient Charitable Hospital, said Tuesday that three newborns, aged between one and two days, died shortly after being admitted. He also confirmed the death of a 60-day-old baby, who froze to death inside a tent in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis. Two more children later succumbed to the cold, medical sources told Al Jazeera, bringing the total to six. Salah...

At least three Palestinian babies have died of hypothermia during a cold snap in the Gaza Strip, the head of the Asdika al-Marid hospital, Said Saleh, said on Tuesday. The health authority controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas did not initially comment on the deaths. A ceasefire has been in place in the Gaza Strip since January 19. But more than 15 months of fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas have left much of the coastal area devastated and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians without homes. Many are...