Shocking statistics of malnutrition among Gazan children who have become skin and skeletons

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a new report He announced about the critical situation of children in Gaza that 1 out of every 3 children under the age of 2 in the northern Gaza Strip suffers from acute malnutrition.

Children in Gaza have become skeletons

Malnutrition among children in Gaza is spreading rapidly and due to the widespread impact, UNICEF said in a statement. The war and continued restrictions on sending aid to the Gaza Strip, malnutrition in this region has reached devastating and unprecedented levels. According to this statement, only in the north of the Gaza Strip, at least 23 children have died due to malnutrition and Dehydration, have lost their lives in recent weeks. The results of research carried out by UNICEF and its affiliates in northern Gaza in February show that 4.5 percent of children have completely lost their flesh and fat and turned into skeletons, suffering from the worst form of malnutrition. are at real risk of death. UNICEF further emphasized that the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children under the age of five in northern Gaza has increased from 13 to 25 percent.Hunger crisis has spread throughout Gaza

“Catherine Russell”, the executive director of UNICEF, announced in this context that the speed The prevalence of malnutrition in Gaza is very shocking and terrible; Especially in a situation where humanitarian aid is only a few kilometers away from this area but cannot enter it. We have tried many times to provide more aid and have repeatedly asked to solve the challenges of getting aid into Gaza, but to no avail.

He emphasized that the situation of children in Gaza is getting worse day by day and our efforts to provide vital aid with Unnecessary restrictions and many problems are faced, which cost the lives of children. The research conducted for the first time in Khan Yunis in the central area of ​​the Gaza Strip shows that 28% of children under two years of age in this area suffer from acute malnutrition and more than 10% of them have become skin and skeletons.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies also announced that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is more than a disaster, and civilians They face an unprecedented level of humiliation, misery and suffering. The health situation in Gaza has also collapsed and the hospitals are facing desperate conditions.

This union emphasized that the food crisis in Gaza will show itself more with the beginning of Ramadan and there are countless people who do not have anything to break the fast.

Reports received from the north of Gaza show that these days not even a container of powdered milk for babies, especially premature babies, can be found, and hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip constantly provide reports about the deaths of babies due to hunger and thirst. Actually, the children and hungry people of Gaza, especially in the northern regions, are subject to systematic killing due to hunger.

On Monday, which coincides with the first day of Ramadan in Gaza, 3 children died due to hunger and severe thirst in Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north. They lost their lives in the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of children who died of starvation to 21 and the total number of those who died of starvation to 28. Of course, the number of people who died due to hunger and thirst in northern Gaza is several times this number and many did not reach the hospital.

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