U.S, Dec. 20 -- Christmas is days away, and a genocide may still be in progress. Under the Genocide Convention, when a genocide is underway, the international community has both a moral and legal imperative to act. As the world prepares to celebrate peace and goodwill, aid organizations warn that babies in Gaza are dying from cold, not bombs-a tragedy that many say is preventable.

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF) reported this week that newborns and young children are dying from hypothermia as winter storms batter overcrowded displacement camps lacking adequate shelter, heating, clothing, and medical supplies.

MSF confirmed the death of a 29-day-old premature baby in Khan Younis, warning that winter weather combin...