28 children under the age of five died in Gaza due to malnutrition
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He also added that hunger in Gaza has increased, especially among children, and the residents of this region are suffering from conditions that are close to mass starvation.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Wednesday that more than three thousand children in the Gaza Strip suffer from malnutrition and are deprived of the necessary treatment as a result of the Israeli attack on The city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip is in danger of death.
According to UNICEF, there has been a slight improvement in the delivery of food aid to the north of the Gaza Strip, while humanitarian access to the south of the strip has decreased significantly. puts more children at risk of malnutrition.
UNICEF stressed that the horrific Israeli attacks and displacement have affected Palestinian families’ access to health care facilities and services. The regional director of UNICEF in the Middle East and North Africa also said in this regard: “Horrible images from the Gaza Strip show children who are dying in front of their families due to the lack of food and the destruction of health and medical services.
Adil Khizr added: Until treatment for 3,000 children is resumed quickly, they are at serious and immediate risk of illness, life-threatening complications and joining the list. There are boys and girls growing up who die due to useless and man-made deprivations. WHO warnings of rising child deaths due to a preventable combination of malnutrition, dehydration and disease should mobilize urgent action to save children’s lives, but the devastation continues. With the destruction of hospitals, cessation of treatment and lack of resources, we will witness the suffering and death of more children in the Gaza Strip.
The regional director of UNICEF, requesting the authorization of the organization to send more aid to the Gaza Strip and reopen the crossings, said: What Palestinian children need more than anything else is fire. It is enough in the Gaza Strip.