Four Palestinian citizens, including three women, were martyred on Monday evening after structures sheltering displaced people collapsed in Gaza City due to strong winds.
Breaking | The spokesperson for Gaza Civil Defense, Mahmoud Bassal, reports that since this evening, three Palestinians have died due to partial collapses of unstable buildings amid the current storm hitting the Gaza Strip.
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 12, 2026
Bassal warned that the situation remains extremely… pic.twitter.com/l3jNwMtt37
According to local sources, a war-damaged wedding hall used as a shelter in the west of Gaza City partially collapsed, killing an elderly man, a woman and a young girl, and injuring others.
Additionally, a 33‑year‑old woman was also martyred when a wall of her home, previously damaged by Israeli strikes, collapsed in Gaza City’s al‑Thawra street.
In Gaza’s harsh winter, another child has died as the war leaves families without shelter or warmth.
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 13, 2026
His death raises the number of children who have frozen to death since November 2025 to five, as thousands of displaced people face a neverending humanitarian crisis amid heavy… pic.twitter.com/FX0d4Q67P0
Meanwhile, Gaza’s health ministry said on Monday that two children died as a result of prolonged exposure to low temperatures, bringing the total child fatalities since the winter season started to six.