At least six Palestinian infants have reportedly died from hypothermia during a severe cold spell in the Gaza Strip, medical officials said. Dr Saeed Salah, medical director of the Friends of the Patient Charitable Hospital,

At least three Palestinian babies have died of hypothermia during a cold snap in the Gaza Strip, the head of the Asdika al-Marid hospital, Said Saleh, said on Tuesday. The health authority controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas did not initially comment on the deaths.

Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday that six newborn babies have died in a cold snap which has gripped the war-ravaged Palestinian territory over the past week. "As a result of a severe cold wave and the lack of heating,

Gaza At least five more babies have frozen to death in Gaza, a doctor and Palestinian media said, as Israel continues to block the entry of mobile homes into the enclave. Eight children suffering from severe cold,