Winter hardship deepens as violence and arrests continue.

A 7‑year‑old boy drowned in flooding at a Gaza tent camp, underscoring how winter storms are worsening already dire living conditions for displaced families. UNICEF says multiple children have died in recent weeks from flooding, collapsing buildings, and hypothermia as most of Gaza’s population shelters in makeshift tents. In the West Bank, Palestinian officials reported that Israeli forces arrested around 50 people in overnight raids amid a surge in military operations and settler violence. Gaza health officials also reported the death of a 9‑year‑old near the Yellow Line, though accounts of how he was killed differ, as daily casualties continue despite the ceasefire’s halt to large‑scale bombardment.

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