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Young Palestinian boy drowns in muddy water flooding his Gaza tent camp, UN says
UNICEF reports at least six children have died from weather-related causes in Gaza's tent camps, where harsh winter storms and flooding worsen conditions for displaced families.
- On Thursday, the U.N. reported that Ata Mai drowned in a Gaza City tent camp of around 40 tents during severe flooding Saturday.
- Over past weeks, cold winter rains have repeatedly lashed the sprawling tent cities, flooding sites where more than 2 million people live after two years of war.
- Video from Civil Defense teams showed rescue workers pulling the boy's ankle from a pit filled with muddy water, later wrapping his body and loading it into an ambulance.
- UNICEF warned that at least six children, including Mai, have died of weather-related causes, and the Gaza Ministry of Health reported three hypothermia deaths as Edouard Beigbeder described appalling camp conditions.
- As 2026 begins, the shaky 12-week-old ceasefire has largely ended large-scale bombardment, but Palestinians are still killed daily and Israeli forces seized around 50 Palestinians in a West Bank sweep.
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Young Palestinian boy drowns in muddy water flooding his Gaza tent camp, UN says
The U.N. said Thursday that a Palestinian boy in Gaza has drowned in floods that engulfed his tent camp and health officials reported the death of a 9 year-old boy in Gaza in unclear circumstances.
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