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Deir al-Balah (Gaza Strip): At least 16 people have been killed in heavy Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical officials gave this information. According to the Hamas government-affiliated ‘Civil Defense’, at least 6 people, including 4 children, were killed in an attack on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza city. The Israeli army said that it targeted Hamas terrorists taking refuge there.
At least eight people were killed in an attack on a house in Deir al-Balah late Saturday, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital. Two more people were killed in an attack in the southern town of Khan Younis just after midnight on Sunday, according to the nearby Nasser Hospital. There was no immediate comment from the army on the attacks.
Winter wreaks havoc in Gaza
In addition to Israeli missiles, the cold has also started wreaking havoc on the Palestinians. These days, Gaza is experiencing severe cold. Many of the nearly 2 million people displaced by the 14-month-long war with Israel are struggling to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain. According to aid workers and residents, people lack blankets and warm clothes, there is little wood for bonfires and the tents and tarpaulins in which families are living have become very shabby due to months of use. Shadia Ayada, displaced from the southern city of Rafah, has only one blanket and a hot water bottle to protect her eight children from the cold inside the shabby tent.
I feel scared in strong winds
“Whenever we hear that rain and strong winds are forecast, we get scared because our tents are blown away by the wind,” Shadia said. Temperatures at night typically hover between five and 10 degrees Celsius, so Ayada fears her children will fall sick without warm clothing. Ayada said her children only had summer clothes when they left their home. She said they were forced to borrow some warm clothes from relatives and friends. Rida Abu Jarada, 50, who was displaced with her family from northern Gaza, said people sleep inside tents with their children in their arms to keep them warm.
“With no doors and torn tents, rats crawl over us at night. The blankets don’t keep us warm. It feels like there’s snow on the ground. We wake up freezing in the morning,” she said. “I’m afraid one day I’ll wake up and find a child has died of the cold,” she said. The United Nations has warned that people living in makeshift shelters may not survive the winter. The UN said Tuesday that at least 945,000 people need winter supplies, which have become prohibitively expensive in Gaza.
