Gaza Herald_ Gaza’s Civil Defense announced on Tuesday that the bodies of 30 Palestinians were recovered from beneath the rubble of a home in Gaza City that had been destroyed by Israeli bombardment during the ongoing genocidal war on the enclave. The recovery highlights the continuing toll of earlier attacks, as rescue teams remain overwhelmed by the scale of destruction left behind.
In a separate incident, the Nasser Medical Complex reported that a Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in areas where Israeli forces are stationed in the Mawasi area of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army later claimed it had killed a Palestinian who crossed the so-called “yellow line” south of Gaza.
Ambulance and emergency services also said that a Palestinian woman was injured by Israeli gunfire in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, in an area where Israeli forces are not currently deployed. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes, artillery shelling, and heavy tank fire were reported in multiple locations, including the al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, eastern Khan Yunis, and areas east of Al-Bureij, according to Al Jazeera.
These incidents are unfolding amid continued violations of the ceasefire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian conditions, exacerbated by severe winter weather. Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed the death of a two-week-old infant, Muhammad Khalil Abu al-Khair, who succumbed to acute hypothermia. The ministry said the baby had been admitted to the hospital and placed in intensive care but died on Monday after a critical drop in body temperature.
Civil Defense teams also reported that one Palestinian was killed and several others injured when a house collapsed on al-Shifa Street in western Gaza City. The Gaza government media office said that at least 15 Palestinians, including seven children, were killed after no fewer than 14 homes collapsed during recent storms and extreme cold, further compounding the suffering of displaced families.
Heavy rainfall has flooded tents, shelters, and makeshift homes across the Strip, where much of the infrastructure has already been destroyed or severely damaged after nearly two years of war. Flooded streets have left residents struggling to move, forcing some to push vehicles through standing water or rely on donkey-drawn carts to navigate submerged roads.
According to the government media office, Gaza is in urgent need of more than 300,000 tents, prefabricated housing units, and construction materials. Official figures show that at least 27,000 tents were destroyed or swept away during the recent storm, while another 26,000 sustained significant damage.
As bodies continue to be pulled from the rubble and civilians face lethal exposure to cold, flooding, and ongoing Israeli fire, Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe deepens. With aid severely restricted and ceasefire violations persisting, the enclave’s population remains trapped between the aftermath of relentless bombardment and the growing dangers posed by winter storms.
