With winter setting in on worn-out tents, conditions in the area have become unbearable. Families are living in fragile tents that barely isolate the winter rain. Most families cannot afford the means to stay warm, including firewood, gas, or even warm blankets, which can cost up to US$200, even when available in local Gazan markets.
“Last winter – although people were already displaced and the conditions were harsh – there were still some buildings to take shelter in,” says Pascale Coissard, MSF emergency coordinator. “Today, after 14 months of war and destruction of infrastructure, most of the people in Gaza are living in tents that barely isolate the cold wind and rain. Just in the past 12 hours the rain hasn´t stopped.”
At the MSF-supported paediatric department of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the impact of the humanitarian catastrophe on children’s health is evident. MSF teams in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are treating children with respiratory infections, dehydration, and premature newborns with complications – conditions that can be life threatening to newborns and premature babies. From October 2024 to December 2024, the MSF supported NICU has had 325 admissions.
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