Gaza - Saba:
Amjad al-Shawa, head of the NGO Network in Gaza, confirmed on Tuesday that the crime of genocide and deliberate starvation witnessed in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli enemy army is the worst in the world.
In a televised interview with Al Jazeera, al-Shawa stated that more than 50,000 infants are deprived of breastfeeding in the Strip, adding: "In addition to starvation, there is a war of thirst waged by the Israeli enemy."
He pointed out that the Israeli army stormed several international organization headquarters in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, yesterday.
Medical sources announced this morning, Tuesday, the deaths of two children, Yousef al-Safadi from the northern Gaza Strip and Abdul Hamid al-Ghalban from the southern city of Khan Yunis, as a result of malnutrition and starvation.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are treating hundreds of people of various ages who have suffered from severe hunger and malnutrition, as they are in a state of acute stress.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that malnutrition among children under five doubled between March and June as a result of the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA health centers and medical points conducted nearly 74,000 malnutrition screenings for children during this period, identifying nearly 5,500 cases of global acute malnutrition and more than 800 cases of severe acute malnutrition.
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