US EditionInfant, 4-Year-Old Child Die of Hunger in Gaza
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 19 – Hospital emergency wards are overwhelmed with 17,000 severely malnourished children as Israeli blockade and attacks continue to restrict aid and cause mass starvation in Gaza.
- In northern Gaza’s Al-Sudaniya, a newborn approximately five weeks old and a four-year-old child both passed away due to severe malnutrition amid deteriorating food access.
- The deaths follow a prolonged Israeli blockade tightened since October 2023, which has exhausted accumulated supplies and limited humanitarian aid.
- Hospitals in Gaza report overwhelmed emergency wards and a mass influx of starving patients, with at least 17,000 children severely malnourished.
- The head of the World Food Programme, Carl Skau, who recently visited Gaza, called the situation the most severe humanitarian crisis he has witnessed, highlighting that many families are suffering from extreme hunger and that protein deficiencies are causing wounds to remain unhealed.
- Officials warn that Gaza's 2.3 million residents face acute famine risks and call for immediate lifting of the siege to allow unrestricted humanitarian access.
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Inhabitants of the Palestinian enclave die to dozens of food shortages or trying to get food. Israel, meanwhile, is expanding war.
The UN and NGOs are increasingly warning against the risk of famine in the region
Infant, 4-year-old child die of hunger in Gaza
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