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A new child starved to death in Gaza

GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center) A Palestinian child was killed on Thursday evening in the Gaza Strip as a result of the worsening hunger crisis, severe malnutrition, and lack of medical care amidst the ongoing Israeli blockade and the deteriorating humanitarian situation.

Al-Shifa Medical Hospital in Gaza City confirmed the martyrdom of the child Noor Riyad Akhzeeq, who succumbed to hunger and malnutrition.

This latest death raises the total number of children who have died from malnutrition to over 76, while the total number of deaths due to the lack of food and medicine has reached 620 patients, according to official government data.

Meanwhile, hospitals and emergency rooms in Gaza are witnessing unprecedented numbers of starving people of all ages arriving in states of extreme exhaustion, alarming frailty, and complete weakness, their bodies emaciated to shocking levels by relentless hunger.

In this context, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has warned of an escalating humanitarian catastrophe, stressing that famine has reached catastrophic levels, threatening the lives of more than two million people, as the Israeli blockade and prevention of food and medical aid continues for over 140 days.

Since the occupation closed Gaza’s crossings in early March, residents have faced a real wave of starvation due to harsh restrictions on the entry of food, humanitarian aid, fuel, and medicine, all part of the ongoing genocidal war now in its 21st month.

As time passes, Gaza’s population has exhausted all available food resources. Shops are empty, and finding a loaf of bread has become nearly impossible. The little that remains is sold at astronomical prices on the black market, making it inaccessible to most starving Palestinians.

Journalists and activists have documented harrowing scenes of children, women, and the elderly suffering from hunger and extreme thinness, with some collapsing on the streets amid the devastation. Public and human rights groups are increasingly demanding urgent international intervention to open the crossings and allow food to enter.

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