Gaza’s Starving Children: Malnutrition Skyrockets Amidst Aid Blockade
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUN 19 – UNICEF reports nearly 50% increase in malnourished children treated in Gaza in May, with 636 cases of severe acute malnutrition recorded, highlighting critical aid shortages.
- UNICEF reported that from January to May 2025, 16,736 children in Gaza were admitted for malnutrition treatment amid ongoing conflict and blockade.
- This rise follows the tightened siege imposed in February 2025, which restricted aid entry, closed treatment centers, and depleted fuel supplies critical for medical operations.
- Only 127 of 236 nutrition centers remain open, and disease outbreaks like acute watery diarrhea and hepatitis A have increased due to collapsing water and health infrastructure.
- UNICEF's Edouard Beigbeder emphasized that all these incidents could be avoided, while UN spokesperson Dujarric highlighted that 1,000 truckloads of essential supplies remain stuck at Gaza’s border crossings.
- The UN and UNICEF urge all parties to respect humanitarian law and ensure immediate aid access to prevent further avoidable child deaths and worsening malnutrition.
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Childhood Malnutrition in Gaza Is “Rising at an Alarming Rate,” UNICEF Warns
The United Nations Children’s Fund said Thursday that childhood malnutrition in the Gaza Strip is “rising at an alarming rate,” with more than 5,000 children under the age of 5 treated for the life-threatening condition in May alone as Israel’s U.S.-backed genocidal assault and siege against the Palestinian enclave continued for its 20th month. UNICEF said that 5,119 children between 6 months… Source
According to Unicef, clean water, medical care and treatment facilities are hardly available in the Gaza Strip. This year, more than 16,000 children had to be treated for malnutrition.
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