Gaza child whose home was bombed by Israel dies in freezing weather

[RFS_Br]

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian infant fell ill and died due to severe cold in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, as winter storm Huda pummeled the region for a third day.

Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said that two-month-old Rafah Ali Abu Assi died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a result of the severely cold weather affecting the region.

Ashraf al-Qidra said that the infant was taken to the Gaza European Hospital early Thursday for treatment but was pronounced dead at noon on Friday.

The infant's family lives east of Khan Younis in an area that was heavily damaged during Israel's offensive on Gaza over summer.

Her family reportedly continued living in their damaged home despite the destruction. Due to lack of alternative shelter, many of the nearly 110,000 Palestinians left homeless by Israeli bombardment have done the same, including many living in just tents.

Temperatures in Gaza have been hovering only a few degrees above freezing in recent days as a freezing winter storm buffeted the region, flooding some areas in the small coastal enclave.

The situation is aggravated by the lack of fuel for electric power, meaning that power is available roughly eight hours a day, with occasional cuts on top of that.

The lack of fuel is a result of Israel's eight-year-old blockade of the Strip, which limits Palestinians' ability to import fuel for the electric power station in Gaza as well as for domestic needs.


Gaza child whose home was bombed by Israel dies in freezing weather | Maan News Agency


[Reminder: Israel refused a Turkish offer to supply Gaza with electricity. -- RFS]

 

[Gufi]

 

[Established_1965]

This War is a disease which needs to be stopped

 

[root]

RIP.

 

[Missile]

RIP.

 

[BDforever]

 

[500]

Every week 1124 kids are born in Gaza.
The infant mortality level in Gaza is 15.46 per 1000.
So 17 kids are dying each week from natural causes.

World average infant mortality is 36.58 per 1000. Thus if they were born elsewhere would die 41 instead of 17.

Average in Muslim countries is much higher than 36.58. For instance in Bamgladesh its 47.30 per 1000 and in Pakistan - 59.35 per 1000.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Very sad story and such actions would be unnecessary unless we were not animals as a race , no different then group of male (mammales) in Afrcan jungle , fighting for resources and killing children by direct and indirect actions

Same as in jungle quite sad but that is reality

 

[Whirling_dervesh]

Bull. I see a strange trend of Israeli stat gurus in forums all over the net, military and non military pulling all kinds of PR misinformation. How about you bring a stat showing anywhere similar in the world as gaza, ie the biggest open prison in the world and then see if it relates to anywhere else, the only one I can think of is Guantanamo bay.

 

[livingdead]

Bull. I see a strange trend of Israeli stat gurus in forums all over the net, military and non military pulling all kinds of PR misinformation. How about you bring a stat showing anywhere similar in the world as gaza, ie the biggest open prison in the world and then see if it relates to anywhere else, the only one I can think of is Guantanamo bay.

not a fan of israeli action, but this news item is also a PR...