“Another baby that froze to death earlier this morning. This increases the death toll in Gaza due to hypothermia to five Palestinian newborns,” Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Deir el Balah, Gaza.

“According to the father of Juma al-Batran, who was only 30 days old, the family evacuated from Beit Lahiya to the central Gaza Strip eight months ago and did not have a tent.

“They only had a couple of blankets and wood, and that’s how the father protected his family. He said he was unable to give warmth to his child. He was unable to bring blankets and winter clothes, and he was unable to feed his children,” she said.

Juma has a twin brother who is currently in the ICU. “It was heartbreaking to see Juma’s father carrying him today, his hands and legs blue because he was literally freezing.”

The area where they were sheltering is very close to the sea and very windy. There are no tarps or tents, and Juma’s father was unable to give his children basic necessities.

“Not only are Palestinian babies and children dying from air attacks and artillery, but also from malnutrition and hypothermia,” Khoudary says.