A baby starves to death in Gaza

A seven-month-old Palestinian baby starves to death in Gaza, reported by international media TRT World. Fayiz Abu Ataya, a seven-month-old baby, died of starvation in Deir al Balah in the central part of Gaza, caused by Israel’s defence army invasion of the blockaded Palestinian enclave. malnutrition and lack of medicine led to the baby’s death, The international news agency reported, citing health officials. The baby was born in Gaza, after the breakout of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7. Heartbreaking pictures of Fayis surfaced on social media.

UNICEF reports on Malnutrition in Gaza

According to UN Children’s Fund UNICEF reports, One in three children under two in the Northern Gaza Strip suffer from malnutrition, which doubles the rate of 15.6 per cent in January, and At least 23 children in Gaza have reportedly died from malnutrition. The level of Malnutrition among children is spreading fast and reaching devastating. ‘The speed of the child malnutrition crisis in Gaza has unfolded is shocking and sharply increasing, We are doing everything to prevent the humanitarian disaster in Gaza from getting worse. but it is not enough,’ said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on March 15. ‘We have repeatedly attempted to deliver additional aid to Gaza and we have repeatedly called for the access difficulties we have faced for months to be addressed. Instead, day to day the situation for children is getting worse. Unnecessary restrictions are hindering our efforts in providing life-saving aid,’ She added.

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What is the situation of children in Gaza?

Scavenging, eating grass and animal feed, and drinking tainted water have become common among children in Gaza. parents at overcrowded health institutions beg for infant formula because starving women cannot produce enough milk to nourish their newborns, Parents and physicians told to CNN. There are 2.2 million people in Gaza who do not have enough food to eat, with half of them on the verge of famine. This is the highest number of people challenging catastrophic hunger ever recorded, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in a statement. ‘At least 300 trucks are required each day to enter Gaza and deliver food to satisfy the most basic requirements of the hungry. the UN agency has only been able to enter northern Gaza with nine convoys since the year’s beginning,’ According to the World Food Program report.

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Humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza have decreased by 67 per cent: says UN

Humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza have decreased by 67 per cent since the closure of the Rafah Crossing on 7 May, according to a statement of The UN report. ‘Our colleagues in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) communicate widespread Israeli bombardments continue to be reported. Ground incursions and heavy fighting are also continuing in northern, central and southern Gaza. health facilities are shutting down one by one across Gaza and that displacement due to Israel’s increasing attacks is also affecting the distribution of humanitarian aid, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told in a press meet.