A Palestinian child died from severe cold in Gaza on Sunday morning as heavy rain flooded thousands of displacement tents. A nursing student also succumbed to wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli bombardment, while a woman was shot in Khan Younis.
The child died from severe cold in Al-Anan Camp in the Al-Katiba area, west of Gaza City, medical sources said. The tents sheltering displaced families lacked heating and adequate protection from the cold.
Displaced families are living in worn tents that offer little protection from cold, rain and wind, amid widespread damage to homes and infrastructure.
Also, Basma Atef as-Siksik, a nursing student at the University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza City, succumbed to wounds sustained when Israeli forces bombed the college the previous Tuesday. Her death was confirmed by the college and Gaza’s Ministry of Education.
The college and ministry mourned as-Siksik. The ministry condemned attacks on students and educational institutions, describing them as war crimes and violations of international conventions. It also called for urgent international action to protect students, teachers and educational facilities.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers shot a woman in the back on Sunday morning in Qatar Camp in the Hamad City area, north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to medical sources cited by WAFA.
As heavy rain & cold hits Gaza, families and their children are facing devastating conditions in flimsy tents with little protection @UNICEF https://t.co/J2iRdzSHQH
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) November 7, 2026
Media sources also reported intensive Israeli gunfire toward displacement tents in eastern and southern Khan Younis.
Heavy rain has also worsened the shelter crisis facing displaced families. In a report published Saturday, November 7, WAFA said rain had flooded thousands of tents across Gaza, particularly in low-lying areas, damaging families’ belongings.
Two people were injured in northern Gaza when heavy rainfall caused a wall of a building previously damaged by Israeli bombardment to collapse, WAFA reported.
WAFA estimated that about 270,000 tents were sheltering displaced families across Gaza, with more than 400,000 displaced people living in areas at high risk of flooding or exposed to coastal storms.
Severe shortages of fuel and heating supplies have left families unable to keep children and older relatives warm as nighttime temperatures fall and rainwater seeps into their shelters.
In related news, the Palestinian Bar Association urged the international community, the UN, and humanitarian and human rights institutions to address Gaza’s worsening conditions.
It warned that displaced families lacked heating supplies, winter clothing and protection from rain and cold. Water and sanitation services were deteriorating, while access to healthcare remained limited.
The association called for unrestricted aid entry, including temporary housing, weather-resistant tents, insulation, heating supplies, blankets and winter clothing, alongside food, clean water, medicines and support for health facilities.
It also urged repairs to water and sewage networks, waste removal, protection for civilians and displaced people, and international accountability.
In its November 7, 2026, statistical update, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that hospitals had received 10 bodies and 22 injured people over the preceding 48 hours. The total comprised six newly killed Palestinians, two who succumbed to earlier injuries, and two whose bodies were recovered from the rubble.
The ministry reported 1,610 Palestinians killed and 5,819 injured since the
“ceasefire” on October 11, 2025, along with 849 bodies recovered during that period. It placed the cumulative toll since October 7, 2023, at 74,640 killed and 175,947 injured.
The ministry said 12 deaths had been added to the cumulative toll after the victims’ records were completed and approved by its death-record validation committee. The previous such statistical addition was recorded on October 31, 2026.
