Gaza - Saba:
Palestinian medical sources announced on Friday the death of a child due to famine and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip.
Sources at the Baptist Hospital indicated that the child, Abdul Qader Al-Fayoumi, died of starvation and malnutrition, bringing the death toll due to famine to 114.
It is worth noting that cases of malnutrition and famine are arriving at hospitals in Gaza at any moment. 900,000 children in Gaza are suffering from hunger, 70,000 of whom have entered a state of malnutrition.
It is noteworthy that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had warned that malnutrition among children under the age of five had doubled between March and June as a result of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
She explained that UNRWA health centers and medical points conducted approximately 74,000 malnutrition tests for children during this period, identifying approximately 5,500 cases of global acute malnutrition and more than 800 cases of severe acute malnutrition.