'Israel' starved two more children to death in Gaza
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Two Palestinian children have tragically died, bringing the total of malnutrition-related deaths to 27 amid the Israeli genocidal war and man-made starvation.
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Illustrative: Late Palestinian child Yazan al-Kafarneh on his hospital bed in Rafah before dying from malnutrition and famine due to the Israeli genocidal and starvation war, in southern Gaza. (AP)
Medical sources reported the tragic deaths of two Palestinian children due to starvation, bringing the total number of fatalities from malnutrition to 27. The sources indicated that the children succumbed to the effects of malnutrition, dehydration, and insufficient access to medical resources at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, located in the northern Gaza Strip.
Another two children have died in #Gaza due to malnutrition and lack of medical supplies at Kamal Adwan Hospital, bringing the total number of #Palestinian children in Gaza who have died from malnutrition to 27.
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Due to the Israeli total blockade and genocidal war, Palestinians in Gaza are facing significant challenges in providing essential supplies, leading to difficulties in feeding their children. Mothers, grappling with starvation, are struggling to produce sufficient milk for breastfeeding, prompting parents to plead for infant formula at overwhelmed health facilities. Meanwhile, relief workers reported that civilians in northern Gaza, on average, have lost considerable weight.
Reports indicate that food shortages are most severe in northern Gaza, where "Israel" focused its aggression at the beginning of its genocidal war. The World Health Organization (WHO) has lately stated that child malnutrition in this region is approximately three times higher than in southern Gaza. Previous screenings at health facilities revealed that at least one in six children under the age of two is acutely malnourished. Richard Peeperkorn, the WHO representative for the territory, warned that these figures are likely even higher today. Pregnant and breastfeeding women are also facing significant health threats due to malnutrition, as reported by the Global Nutrition Cluster, an alliance of NGOs, in February.
In the same context, a recently released report by the Euro-Med Monitor pointed out that "Israel" not only contributed to the decrease in the number of humanitarian aid trucks going into Gaza but has also undermined the process in order to carry out its plan to depopulate Gaza alongside the northern Strip.
The report declared that "Israel’s" objective is to forcibly displace Palestinians from northern Gaza to the South through the use of "military violence, intimidation, and starvation as a weapon."
Euro-Med Monitor confirmed that it has documented testimonies from Gaza residents who received phone calls from the invading Israeli forces, being asked explicitly "to depart and move" to the central and southern regions of Gaza for food and water to avoid death from starvation.
'Israel' using starvation tactic in Gaza to destroy food system: UN
On Thursday, a UN expert warned that the Israeli occupation was destroying Gaza's food system as part of a larger "starvation campaign".
According to Reuters, in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council, Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, asserted that the UN was "doing nothing" as "unbearable" images surfaced from Gaza.
Aid authorities have warned of a potential famine, while hospitals in the besieged Strip's remote northern region report that children are dying of starvation.
Fakhri told the council that "Israel has mounted a starvation campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza."
