US EditionNearly 55,000 Children in Gaza Under Age 5 May Be Acutely Malnourished, Study Finds
A UN study reports over 54,600 children under 5 in Gaza suffer acute malnutrition, with 12,800 severely affected due to aid restrictions amid ongoing conflict.
- A study found nearly one in six children in Gaza are acutely malnourished after two years of war that caused severe food shortages.
- The study, published in The Lancet medical journal, estimated around 55,000 children in Gaza were affected by acute malnutrition.
- The UN declared a famine in parts of Gaza in August 2025, a finding rejected by Israel which imposed a blockade on the territory.
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‘A wakeup call:’ More than 54,600 kids in Gaza are malnourished, study estimates
A new study by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) published in The Lancet medical journal is estimating how many kids in Gaza are wasting from lack of food. A group of experts said the data is “some of the most definitive evidence” of the extent of malnourishment in the strip.
Over 54,000 children under five years of age in Gaza suffer from acute malnutrition, of which over 12,800 are severe malnutrition, according to a study published in The Lancet magazine, reports The Conversation.
Nearly 55,000 children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, far more than previously identified, according to a recent UN study published in the prestigious international medical journal The Lancet.
"It is now well established that the children of Gaza are starving and need humanitarian assistance," experts warn. Most of the deaths by malnutrition in Gaza occurred in 2025.
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