LONDON: Gaza’s winter nights have grown longer and deadlier as torrential rains, flooding and bitter cold batter hundreds of thousands of Palestinians already wearied by more than two years of Israeli bombardment. Many are so malnourished they lack even the body fat needed to withstand the cold. Families across the enclave stay awake through the night gripping their tents to keep them from being torn away by strong winds or swept off by floodwaters, all while fearful of a sudden Israeli airstrike.

Gaza infant freezes to death as doctors battle power cuts and displaced families struggle to survive in flooded tents.

LONDON: Gaza’s winter nights have grown longer and deadlier as torrential rains, flooding and bitter cold batter hundreds of thousands of Palestinians already wearied by more than…