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KHAN YOUNIS, PALESTINE (DEC. 18, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. NASSER HOSPITAL NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

2. VARIOUS OF BABIES RECEIVING TREATMENT IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT / HEALTHCARE WORKERS CARING FOR THE BABIES

3. HEALTHCARE WORKER WRAPPING BABY IN BLANKET KHAN YOUNIS, PALESTINE - DEC. 18, 2025: A chronic shortage of medicine and medical equipment, compounded by a severe winter cold snap, is threatening the lives of newborn and premature babies across the Gaza Strip, health officials said Thursday, Dec. 18.

At Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, the pediatric intensive care unit is struggling to provide essential care. Doctors report that critical supplies are unavailable due to ongoing restrictions at border crossings, leaving the facility’s youngest patients at extreme risk.

The hospital is facing severe shortages of heating systems, incubators and specialized intensive care equipment. Medical staff warned that the lack of resources, combined with freezing temperatures and a blockade now entering its third year, has made the struggle for survival increasingly difficult for infants in respiratory distress or requiring constant warmth.

On Wednesday, Gaza’s Civil Defense warned that an intense cold wave threatens the lives of children, as many families lack adequate shelter and heating amid the worsening humanitarian conditions due to Israel’s genocide in the enclave.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are living in extremely difficult conditions after their homes were destroyed and they were forcibly displaced. Many families are sheltering in tents or makeshift structures, facing acute shortages of blankets, heating supplies and winter clothing as temperatures drop.

Gaza’s government media office has repeatedly accused Israel of failing to meet its obligations under the Oct. 10 ceasefire and its humanitarian protocol, including the entry of shelter materials and the delivery of 300,000 tents and mobile homes for displaced families.

Israel has killed nearly 70,700 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 171,100 others in attacks in Gaza since October 2023, before the assault came to a halt under the ceasefire deal that took effect on Oct. 10.