Famine claims the lives of 5 Palestinians in the past 24 hours
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Five Palestinians in Gaza have died from starvation in the past 24 hours, as famine tightens its grip on over 2 million people.
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Omniya Mahra, her shirtless sons, Oday, 4, left, and Mohammed, 3, who suffer from malnutrition and a genetic nerve disorder, at the Friends of the Patient Hospital in Gaza City, on July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Five Palestinians have died in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number of Gaza starvation deaths to 227, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, including 103 children.
A six-year-old child, Jamal Fadi al-Najjar, has died from the Israeli-manufactured famine and malnutrition in #Gaza.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) August 12, 2025
In the same context, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said that in the past 24 hours, five people have died due to the same reason.
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The ministry said the deaths reflect the deepening malnutrition crisis in Gaza, which the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has now confirmed as active famine in most of the Strip. Additionally, two out of three famine thresholds have been breached, affecting more than 2 million Palestinians.
Nearly 12,000 children under the age of five are suffering from acute malnutrition, the highest monthly figure ever recorded. Additionally, more than 2,500 are experiencing severe acute malnutrition, the most life-threatening stage. Moreover, in Gaza City, one in five children is now acutely malnourished, a rate that has tripled since June 2025.
محزن جدا ..
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) August 11, 2025
اسـ.ـتشهاد الرضيع زين نصار، 18 يومًا، نتيجة قلة العلاج وسوء التغذية ومنعه من السفر للعلاج في الخارج pic.twitter.com/3Nc4vXj9FI
Rising death toll
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health reported that 100 martyrs, including 11 whose bodies were recovered from rubble, and 513 wounded had arrived at hospitals across the Strip in the past 24 hours. Among those killed in aid massacres, the ministry recorded 31 martyrs and 388 wounded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total in such incidents to 1,838 martyrs and 13,409 wounded.
Since "Israel" broke the ceasefire on March 18, 2025, 10,078 Palestinians have been martyred and 42,047 wounded. The overall toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, has reached 61,599 martyrs and 154,088 wounded.
Only 19 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remain partially operational, most offering only basic emergency care. Ninety-four percent of hospitals are damaged or destroyed, leaving just 2,000 beds for over 2 million people. Additionally, critical shortages of blood and medical supplies persist, with premature infants in imminent danger due to fuel shortages.
Famine, agricultural collapse, and aid blockade
A joint FAO and UN Satellite Centre assessment shows that 98.5% of Gaza’s cropland is damaged or inaccessible, with only 1.5% available for cultivation. Local food production has collapsed almost entirely.
The famine is compounded by a total blockade. For over 150 days, not a single UNRWA aid truck has been allowed to enter Gaza, leaving over 3,000 trucks of food and medical supplies stuck outside.
