From the CBC
Medics said eight-month-old Rahaf Abu Jazar died of exposure to cold after water inundated her family’s tent in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave.
Weeping and holding Rahaf in her hands, her mother, Hejar Abu Jazar, said she had fed the girl before they went to sleep.
"When we woke up, we found the rain over her and the wind on her, and the girl died of cold suddenly," she told Reuters.
"There was nothing wrong with her. Oh, the fire in my heart, the fire in my heart, oh my life," she said in tears.
In flagrant violation of the terms of the first phase of the ceasefire, Israel has blocked over 4,000 pallets of shelter aid since the ceasefire, allowing only a trickle in. 1.3 million people lack proper shelter.
From Wapo:
But Israel has also classified some relief items, including tent poles, as “dual use,”
U.N. officials have said, meaning it believes they could be repurposed by militants to make weapons or other equipment. Authorities have also barred some relief groups from bringing in tents, instead approving shelter materials from certain donor states, not all of which are waterproof or durable enough for winter conditions, said Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council, a humanitarian nonprofit that leads a consortium of organizations focused on shelter needs.
At the same time, the Israeli restrictions — including the continued closure of the Rafah border crossing and suspension of all but two aid corridors inside Gaza — have slowed much-needed repairs to damaged water and sanitation systems, which humanitarian workers warn are in danger of collapsing or overflowing when there is another storm.
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