Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza has forcibly displaced over 1.9 million Palestinians, leaving families to endure winter in fragile, makeshift tents with minimal protection from the cold. Children are especially vulnerable to various health risks as temperatures drop, and families continue to lack proper access to essential items such as water, food, and warm shelter.

In the pediatric department of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports, the impact of the humanitarian catastrophe on children's health is evident. MSF teams in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are treating newborns and premature babies with potentially life-threatening respiratory infections, dehydration, and other complications. From October 2024 to December 2024, the NICU has admitted 325 infants.