9 out of 10 children in Gaza suffer from malnutrition
According to Webangah News quoted by Tasnim News agency, while many international institutions, the genocidal war The Zionist regime against Gaza is called a war against children, and many warnings have been raised about the disastrous consequences of the occupying enemy’s hunger war against the children of Gaza. Extreme feeding can lead to permanent damage to them.
Gaza children die twice
Nutrition experts in food security affairs issued a statement on Monday: All the people of the Gaza Strip need urgent measures to fight the hunger war, and more than one million people in this region suffer from severe malnutrition, i.e. hunger. In this context, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced: A child’s brain grows the fastest in the first two years of its life and it must receive enough nutrients. Therefore, the starving children of the Gaza Strip, even if they survive, will face a lot of disruption in their development and their immune system will be extremely weak.
He added: “If the children of Gaza survive If they stay, their bodies may not develop well during childhood or later.
More than one million children in Gaza suffer from dangerous diseases
UNICEF also issued a statement in this context about the hunger crisis and the spread of various diseases among children in Gaza and emphasized: Even if children in Gaza do not die from bullets and bombings, they die because of disease and hunger. Referring to the spread of dangerous diseases and epidemics as a result of overflowing sewage in the streets and the lack of drinking water, especially with the beginning of summer and rising temperatures, UNICEF announced that more than one million children in Gaza suffer from respiratory and skin diseases. Since October 7, more than 860,000 children have suffered from respiratory diseases, 400,000 children from intestinal diseases, and more than 10,000 children from skin diseases. He warned against the arrival of humanitarian aid to Gaza and emphasized: a serious global action must be taken to fight hunger in Gaza. According to the report of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), out of every 10 children in Gaza 9 children suffer from severe malnutrition. In addition, the crimes committed by the Zionist army against children in the Gaza Strip are indescribable and these children are suffering from severe physical and mental injuries as a result of the aggression of the Zionist regime. Also, UN agencies warned that If humanitarian measures and international efforts are not made to address the famine situation in Gaza, by next October we will witness a food disaster in this region that threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
Statistics of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza According to the official statistics recorded in the hospitals, nearly 40 children have died due to malnutrition since the beginning of the aggression of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip. In addition, a large number of children died due to hunger, whose statistics have not been recorded; Because the families of these children have not been able to take their children to hospitals due to the enemy’s siege and heavy bombings against different areas of Gaza.
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