The UN human rights office is warning that repeated Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza raise serious concerns about war crimes and crimes against humanity. We'll hear from the UN as well as a spokesman for the Israeli government. Also in the programme: After South Korea's deadliest plane crash, an aviation safety expert calls on regulators to be more pro-active; Pitt and Jolie agree a divorce settlement, seemingly bringing to an end one of the longest and most contentious splits in Hollywood history. And we'll be dedicating the second half of this programme to a selection of the newsiest moments of 2024. (Photo: Sila's father, Mahmoud Fasih, carries her tiny body to be buried. Credit: BBC)
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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
Coming to you live from London, I'm Paul Henley and we begin this last news hour of this UK year in Gaza, where in just over a week, six babies in Gaza have died from the cold weather, according to local health officials.
With hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians living in tents and with temperatures expected to drop further in the coming days, the UN children agency UNICEF has warned that more lives are at risk.
The aid agency says they continue to face restrictions bringing life saving aid into Gaza.
Israel accuses Hamas of stealing aid.
The BBC has worked with two freelance cameramen in Gaza who met families who've lost their loved ones.
Emir Nada reports and there's a warning.
His report includes upsetting events.
Mahmoud Fasih is walking through the courtyard of a hospital in Gaza's Khan Yunis.
He's cradling a small bundle with both of his arms, a baby shrouded in white cloth.
Little Sila was just 20 days old when her father couldn't wake her in the morning.
I found her stiff like wood.
I took her to the hospital and they told me, your daughter has been dead for an hour due to the cold.
Inside the hospital, Dr.
Ahmed Al Farah saw Sila and he's seen more cases over the past week.
She suffered from severe hypothermia, leading to the cessation of vital signs, cardiac arrest and eventually death.
Yesterday as well, two cases were brought in.
One was a three day old baby and the other was less than a month old because of course, his life in the tents.
Mahmoud's family have been displaced over 10 times throughout the war, finally arriving here to Mawasi camp where tens of thousands of Gaza's nearly 2 million displaced people live on the beach, suffering from the winter and flooding from the rain and the sea, with almost no infrastructure and a lack of food amid heavy restrictions by Israel on food and other aid deliveries to Gaza, says the United Nations.