Hamas warned of “the rise in deaths in the Gaza Strip as a result of the severe cold wave”, saying in a statement that seven people, including six babies, had died as a result of cold weather and lack of heating.
“We urge the UN and Arab and Muslim countries to urgently work for allowing relief requirements and tents into Gaza to protect hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians from cold and the disastrous consequences of the continuing Zionist aggression,” the statement said.
The Hamas media office posted on Telegram saying that it had “repeatedly warned” of the danger of the winter season.
Rain storms had flooded hundreds of tents used by displaced people in central Gaza today.
The Palestinian civil defence said that they were receiving hundreds of distress calls from displaced Palestinians whose tents and homes were destroyed by flooding.
