A baby girl froze to death overnight in Gaza, while Israel and Hamas accused each other of complicating ceasefire efforts that could wind down the 14-month offensive, the Associated Press reports.

Sila Mahmoud al-Faseeh, the three-week-old baby, was the third to die from the cold in Gaza’s tent camps in recent days, the report quoted doctors as saying. It noted that the deaths underscore the squalid conditions, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crammed into often ramshackle tents after fleeing Israeli bombardment and offensives.

Sila’s father, Mahmoud al-Faseeh, wrapped her in a blanket to try and keep her warm in their tent in the Mawasi area outside Khan Younis, but it wasn’t enough, he told AP.

“It was very cold overnight and as adults we couldn’t even take it. We couldn’t stay warm,” he said. Sila woke up crying three times overnight and in the morning they found her unresponsive, her body stiff.

“She was like wood,” said al-Faseeh. They rushed her to a field hospital where doctors tried to revive her, but her lungs had already deteriorated. Images of Sila taken by the AP showed the little girl with purple lips, her pale skin blotchy.

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