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Friday, December 12, 2025
Infant and 9-year-old girl reportedly die of cold exposure in Gaza displacement camps
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An infant girl and a 9-year-old girl have died of cold exposure in two separate displaced people’s camps in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports, citing a source in Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital.
The infant is identified as Taim Al-Khawaja. Her precise age is unclear. She reportedly died in the coastal Shati refugee camp.
أمام صمت العالم المتفرج على المأساة.. طفلة رضيعة جديدة يقتلها البرد الشديد في غزة. pic.twitter.com/MAnSc7aTjm
— القسطل الإخباري (@AlQastalps) December 12, 2025
The 9-year-old is identified as Hadeel Hamdan. She reportedly died in a displaced people’s site in western Gaza City.
Meanwhile, WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, says two people were killed early today when a large wall collapsed on their tent camp in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood. The report did not name them.
In total, eleven people have died of weather-related causes in Gaza since yesterday, WAFA says.
Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency says at least 10 buildings have collapsed across the enclave in recent hours, and that in two instances, civil defense teams had to rescue people trapped under the buildings.
جراء العاصفة الجوية.. لقطات توثق انهيار منزل متصدع فوق رؤوس ساكنيه في شمالي قطاع #غزة #الجزيرة #ألبوم pic.twitter.com/t5bqoleQAT
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) December 12, 2025
The agency has warned displaced Gazans whose tents flooded not to seek refuge in buildings that were bombed by Israel, as they are liable to collapse due to the heavy rain.
The Times of Israel Community.