GAZA,(Palestine Foundation Information Center) A Palestinian child in the Gaza Strip was martyred on Thursday evening due to malnutrition and Israel’s starvation policy in the besieged enclave, the third to die on the same day as a result of hunger.
Three-year-old Ahmad Samir Abdel Aal was pronounced dead at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, due to severe malnutrition caused by the ongoing starvation and Israeli aggression on Gaza.
This brings the total number of deaths from famine and malnutrition since October 2023 to 157, including 90 children.
Earlier on Thursday, 26-year-old Karam Khaled Al-Jammal from Gaza also died from malnutrition. He had suffered from health conditions that required a special diet, which had not been available for months. He was reportedly paralyzed with muscle weakness, and his condition steadily deteriorated until his death.
Also on Thursday, medical sources reported the death of Adil Fawzi Madi at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, due to starvation and malnutrition under the ongoing Israeli siege.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health stressed that “all the desperate attempts to deny the reality of famine are contradicted by the increasing numbers of emergency cases and the rising death toll we have repeatedly warned about.”
In recent days, deaths from malnutrition have sharply increased. Children’s bodies have turned into skeletal frames, and many Gazans are experiencing frequent fainting spells as hunger intensifies amid a severe shortage of food.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global hunger monitoring body composed of international experts, has said that food shortages across much of Gaza have reached famine levels.
The IPC confirmed that evidence clearly shows widespread hunger, malnutrition, and disease are driving up hunger-related deaths.
A UN report further stated that 100% of Gaza’s population is facing severe levels of food insecurity, amid the ongoing genocide and blockade.
