Due to Israel’s ongoing blockade, the Gaza Strip is grappling with an acute food and water crisis, pushing children into the grip of malnutrition and starvation. Recently, a child in Khan Younis in southern Gaza succumbed to malnutrition, while a 40-day-old infant in northern Gaza also died for the same reason.
Health authorities reported that at least 19 people died of malnutrition on Sunday alone. The blockade has severely restricted food supplies, exacerbating the famine-like conditions in Gaza. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), approximately 90,000 women and children in Gaza urgently require medical treatment for malnutrition.
At Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, Umm Musab Al-Dibis, sitting beside her 14-year-old son’s bed, said in a tearful voice, “My son’s weight has dropped to less than 10 kilograms. He used to weigh 40 kilograms and would help me and his sisters with chores.”
The Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest, has seen a sharp rise in malnutrition cases recently. Doctors are struggling to provide care due to a severe shortage of medical supplies. Moataz Harara, head of the hospital’s emergency department, told Al Jazeera, “Most patients admitted recently are not injured but suffering from severe malnutrition. Even some of our medical staff have fainted due to lack of food. The situation is critical, and the numbers are rising rapidly.”
Husam, a child suffering from severe malnutrition, was brought to Al-Shifa Hospital by his desperate mother. Doctors described his condition as critical. His mother said, “There’s no baby food, no food, no drinking water. I can’t meet my child’s nutritional needs in this famine. We were admitted on Friday, and since then, my son has been surviving on IV fluids. He can’t even walk.”
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