The rates of severe malnutrition among children under five at Medecins Sans Frontieres' Gaza City clinic have tripled in the last two weeks due to worsening starvation. A quarter of children and pregnant or breastfeeding women screened at MSF clinics were malnourished. The number of people needing care for malnutrition has quadrupled since May, with at least 122 starvation-related deaths reported. The World Food Programme indicated that nearly one third of Gaza's population is not eating for days, revealing unprecedented desperation and urgency in the hunger crisis.
Rates of severe malnutrition among children aged under five at Medecins Sans Frontieres' Gaza City clinic have tripled in the last two weeks, as starvation worsens.
A quarter of all young children and pregnant or breastfeeding women screened at MSF clinics last week were malnourished, and care needs quadrupled since May.
At least 122 people have died from starvation in Gaza, with nine more dying in the last 24 hours, according to health authorities.
The World Food Programme stated that nearly one third of people in Gaza were not eating for days, highlighting levels of desperation in the hunger crisis.
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