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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
6-month-old baby dies of cold exposure in Gaza, Hamas-run health ministry says
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A 6-month-old baby girl died over the past day from cold exposure in Gaza, the Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry says.
Shatha Abu Jarad is the ninth child to die of exposure in Gaza during the winter season that started last month, the ministry says. According to Palestinian media, she died this morning in Gaza City.
The health ministry also reports that Gaza hospitals have over the past 24 hours attended to seven people wounded by the IDF, and received the body of one person who was killed.
The report does not identify the people, specify the severity of the wounds or say where or when the they took place.
The death and injuries bring the number of people the Hamas-run ministry says were killed and wounded by the IDF since the Gaza ceasefire deal to 466 and 1,294, respectively.
WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, says the 466th casualty is Musael Aqel, who died today of injuries sustained in a previous Israeli strike on central Gaza’s Bureij camp. His age, and the date of the strike, are not reported.
استشهاد مساعد عقل متأثراً بجراحه التي أصيب بها سابقاً بقصف الاحتلال له أثناء عمله مع طواقم بلدية البريج pic.twitter.com/oTuaHfP7Td
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The outlet also reports several people wounded by IDF gunfire this afternoon in Bani Suheila, on the Israeli-controlled side of the ceasefire line east of Khan Younis. The IDF has not commented on the reported incident. The army regularly says it fires on gunmen who cross the ceasefire line and who pose a threat to troops.
The Times of Israel Community.