Palestinian baby dies in Gaza due to siege

A three-month-old baby died in Gaza Strip on Thursday evening as a result of the closure of Gaza crossings.

The national committee to break the siege said in a statement that the three-month baby Ahmed Ammar Abu Nahal died of enlarged heart and liver.

His condition deteriorated and his family could not take him to hospitals outside Gaza due to the closure of Rafah crossing by the Egyptian authorities, the statement added.

Two Palestinian women died in Gaza in the past few days after they could not travel for treatment outside the besieged Strip. One was blocked from travel via Rafah crossing by the Egyptian authorities and the second by the Israeli occupation forces at the Erez crossing.