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Homeless people trying to stay warm in the streets of Tel Aviv. (Motti Kimche) Last update - 16:28 15/01/2008 Eight-year-old Bedouin girl dies from severe cold spell in Negev By Haaretz Service Tags: hypothermia  An eight-year-old Bedouin girl from the Negev died Tuesday as a result of the recent cold spell that has swept Israel in the last several days. She was transferred to Soroka Medical Center in the afternoon in critical condition, when her body temperature stood at 26 degrees Celsius, or 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Hospital staff attempted to resuscitate the child, but their efforts failed and they were forced to pronounce her death. Advertisement Earlier Tuesday, the body of a homeless woman who froze to death was found on a public bench in Bat Yam. On Sunday, a 36-year-old homeless man and a 78-year-old woman from Be'er Sheva both died of hypothermia. The identity of the woman found in Bat Yam on Thursday is still unknown, and her body was sent to Abu Kabir Medical Center for an autopsy. Another homeless man was found suffering from frostbite nearby. He was taken to the hospital for medical treatment. The recent cold spell continued Monday night as the temperature dropped to new lows. In the upper Galilee town of Odem, the temperature reached nine degress below Celsius (15 degrees Farenheit). The Israel Electric Corporation expected the consumption of electricity during the cold front to reach an all-time high. The electricity demand on Monday afternoon stood at 10,200 megawatts - only 400 megawatts less than the maximal production capability. The Israel Electric Corporation has warned that if the demand increases, it will need to cut power for small periods of time around the country. The company called on the public to refrain from using "electricity-guzzling" appliances between 5 and 9 P.M. In addition, the electricity company will enact for the first time an arrangement under which major consumption bodies will receive financial incentives for reducing their activities during peak hours. Related articles: Haaretz.com TV: Two people are killed in the worst cold front in years Haaretz.com TV: Gazans struggle to keep warm facing fuel, electricity shortages Bookmark to del.icio.us   Diskin's faulty math Haaretz finds the Shin Bet estimate of Palestinian civilian casualties is too low. Wooing minorities The color of Barack Obama's skin has returned as an issue to the campaign.   1.   very sad situation 10:58  |  paulo2005 15/01/08   2.   "Homeless woman dies of exposure to cold on bench in Bat Yam" 12:31  |  Clickfool 15/01/08   3.   Paolo: blanket accusation 12:33  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 15/01/08   4.   Even this sad event is used for anti-Israel propaganda 13:31  |  Hastaroth 15/01/08   5.   Same thing happens in the US...Haaretz will not print this 16:40  |  The Equalizer 15/01/08   6.   To Hastaroth and Clickfool 16:58  |  danalogue 15/01/08   7.   Electricity cuts? 17:14  |  Nik Miller 15/01/08   8.   Clickfool`s sermon 17:36  |  MR 15/01/08   9.   Equalizer 17:46  |  MR 15/01/08   10.   Clicky....nice prayer 18:01  |  Lynn 15/01/08   11.   # 6 danalogue...Clicky was praying 18:06  |  Lynn 15/01/08   12.   Cold Weather -click haters -fool 18:53  |  Noam 15/01/08   13.   For Hastaroth # 4 19:15  |  Clickfool 15/01/08   14.   Beautiful words, Clickfool 20:36  |  Doris Cadigan 15/01/08   15.   Always missing information 21:03  |  Ilan 15/01/08   16.   everytime the indigenous bedouin put up a house 21:30  |  nagev homeless 15/01/08   17.   #9 No use in being petty minded 21:35  |  Ilan 15/01/08   18.   Middle Eastern Nomads Freezing and this is Global Warming 23:49  |  Efox 15/01/08   19.   re: Nik Miller, You`re Right 23:52  |  Efox 15/01/08   20.   Dying of Cold 23:54  |  Joan Stuchner 15/01/08   21.   16 bedouins prefer tents dont you know!! 01:16  |  Free Gilad Shalit 16/01/08

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