Ahlulbayt News Agency: The number of children who have died from malnutrition and dehydration at hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip has risen to 34, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Sunday.
The latest deaths were of four people, including two children, at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, a ministry statement said.
The statement pointed out that the death toll includes 31 children.
UN officials have been warning for months that Israel’s siege and offensive were pushing the Palestinians in Gaza into famine.
Hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been isolated by the Israeli occupation forces for months and has suffered long cutoffs of food supplies.
Children are also beginning to die in the south, where access to aid is not enough.
The Israeli occupation army largely shut off entry of food, water, medicine and other vital supplies after launching its war on Gaza on October 7.
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4 April 2024 - 06:11
News ID: 1448913
The number of children who have died from malnutrition and dehydration at hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip has risen to 34, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Sunday.