In the past 24 hours, at least 15 individuals, including a six-week-old baby, have died of starvation in the Gaza Strip. Health officials report that 101 people, primarily children, have succumbed to hunger and malnutrition since Israel's assault began in October 2023. Access to food has drastically diminished in Gaza as the blockade led to depleted food stocks. Although some aid supplies were allowed in after a partial blockade lift, conditions remain dire with snipers posing risks to those seeking assistance.
At least 15 people, including a six-week-old baby, have starved to death in the last 24 hours in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to health officials. This wave of hunger has loomed over the bombarded enclave for months and is now finally crashing down. Gaza's Ministry of Health reports that at least 101 people, including 80 children, have died from hunger and malnutrition since Israel launched its assault on Gaza in October 2023.
You can't get milk anywhere, and if you do find any, it's $100 for a tub, he told the Reuters news agency. Three other children were among the 15 people who died from starvation on Tuesday, including 13-year-old Abdulhamid al-Ghalban.
Gaza has seen its food stocks run out since Israel cut off all supplies to the territory in March. Though Israel partially lifted the blockade in May, aid supplies entering the territory have been inadequate.
The head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, Phillipe Lazzarini, described the aid distribution scheme as a sadistic death trap, highlighting dangers near the distribution sites where snipers open fire on crowds.
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