Palestinian infant freezes to death in Gaza's Mawasi

A three-week-old Palestinian infant froze to death overnight on Tuesday in the Mawasi area in southern Gaza. 

Doctors in Gaza told the Associated Press that this is the third baby to die due to cold temperatures in just the past few days.

The infant's father told the AP that their tent was not sealed from the wind and the ground was cold.

On Wednesday morning, the baby, Sila, was found unresponsive and by the time doctors had reached her, Sila's lungs had deteriorated and she was declared dead from hypothermia.

“It was very cold overnight and as adults we couldn’t even take it. We couldn’t stay warm,” he said, noting that Sila woke up crying three times in the night.