Seven babies have died from hypothermia in Gaza since Sunday, according to health care officials in the strip, who warn there will be more such deaths unless more aid enters the enclave.

The deaths highlighted the brutal humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian enclave despite a ceasefire, doctors said.

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,