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International Federation of the Red Cross calls on Israel to allow its teams into Gaza as seventh newborn freezes to death (morningstaronline.co.uk)

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies called on the Israeli government today to allow its teams to enter Gaza following reports of newborn babies freezing to death.

“Recent UN reports of babies dying from hypothermia in Gaza underscore the critical severity of the humanitarian crisis there,” said federation secretary-general Jagan Chapagain.

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Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatric doctor working in Gaza, [said] that the terrible conditions are killing children.

“I’m watching children die in every possible way, whether it’s violence, cold, hunger, disease, all directly as a consequence of a carefully orchestrated Israeli military campaign that has been enabled by the United States and other countries that are turning a deaf ear and blind eye,” she said.

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