In one instance, a displaced grandmother and her grandson died after their tent caught fire on Thursday nearby the Yarmouk Stadium, located west of Gaza City. The flames were sparked by a cooking mishap and fanned by strong winter winds.

The Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza identified the two victims as Amal Hamed Abu al-Khair, 65, and Saud Muhammad Abu al-Khair, five. The father of the child sustained serious burns.

Another displaced child, identified as Malak Rami Ghneim, froze to death on Thursday as a result of the severe drop in temperature and lack of proper shelter in Nuseirat, central Gaza.

Heavy rain and strong winds over the past week have flooded tents in the besieged territory, worsening already dire living conditions for Palestinians after two years of [extermination].

Since the start of the winter season, several children have died from the cold, while more than a dozen have been killed by buildings collapsing due to storms and strong winds.

According to the Shelter Cluster, an inter-agency mechanism, more than 42,000 tents and makeshift shelters were damaged between 10 and 17 December 2025, affecting nearly a quarter of a million people in the besieged enclave.

Meanwhile, Israeli attacks across the besieged enclave continue, with local media reporting shelling, gun shots and air strikes.

On Friday, a young Palestinian man was shot dead by the Israeli army west of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

According to witnesses speaking to Anadolu Agency, the man was killed outside the military’s deployment lines stipulated under the fragile ceasefire deal.

Israel has violated the truce deal nearly 1,000 times since it began in early October.

More than 71,271 Palestinians have been [confirmed] killed by Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in the past two years, and at least 171,233 others have been wounded.