Woman and grandson burn to death in tent as Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens

Fatima Abu al-Bayd inspects what remains of her mother’s tent at the Yarmouk displacement camp in Gaza City (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

A grandmother and her five-year-old grandson burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire, as thousands of Palestinians battle harrowing winter conditions in flimsy makeshift housing and the humanitarian crisis deepens.

The nylon tent in Yarmouk caught fire on Thursday night from cooking activity, a neighbour said.