The bombs may have eased, but Palestinian children are still dying. This time, not by Israeli airstrikes, but from cold, and collapsing damaged structures. Israel have violated the ceasefire agreement by obstructing entry of vital services for children, and essential shelters to protect civilians whose homes were destroyed by two years of genocide. A war crime by other means: slower, less visible, but more excruciating death delivered through deprivation, and exposure.

In recent weeks, heavy rains have inundated Gaza’s tent camps, flooding makeshift shelters and causing damaged buildings to collapse on families inside. Adequate shelter is unavailable because Israel has blocked its entry at the Rafah crossing. At least 16 Palestinians, including infants, have died as a direct result of these storms. Amnesty International rightly described this as an “utterly preventable tragedy.” It was not bad weather that killed these children, but Israel’s violation of the ceasefire terms.

After more than two months of ceasefire noncompliance, Israel has killed and injured more than 1,400 Palestinians, and continues to severely restrict aid and critical supplies needed to repair water, and sewer infrastructure system. This persists despite an........

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