The babies died just miles from trucks carrying winter supplies that Israel has blocked from entering Gaza for months.

Batran, less than one-month old, fought for his life on Monday at a hospital in Gaza, where severe cold in the enclave's second winter of the war has added to the suffering of displaced Palestinians.His twin brother Jumaa died of hypothermia in the family's makeshift tent at an encampment in central Gaza.

Five Palestinians from Gaza died in Israeli custody within the past day after being abducted by Israeli forces, a monitoring group said. The Palestinian Prisoners Club on Monday confirmed the deaths of five Palestinians taken from Gaza and held in Israeli prisons.

Yahya Al-Batran woke up in the early hours to find his wife, Noura trying to wake their newborn twin sons Jumaa and Ali as they slept in the makeshift tent the family occupied in an encampment in the Gaza Strip.

Israel's Health Ministry has released a report detailing what it calls widespread physical, psychological and sexual abuse, based on findings of doctors who treated some of hostages released from Gaza last year.