"offers a month-by-month breakdown through much of the two-year conflict, and shows for the first time a clear link between Israeli restrictions on supplies entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children. Almost 55,000 children could be malnourished in Gaza Israel has repeatedly denied blame for any hunger in Gaza, saying that it allows adequate food into the territory and claiming that the humanitarian agencies there are ineffective."
"The research comes amid cautious optimism that indirect talks between Hamas and Israel under way in Egypt could lead to an end to the war. The 21-point plan under discussion in Sharm el-Sheik, the Red Sea resort, was announced last week by Donald Trump. It calls for a ceasefire, the return of hostages still held by Hamas and a surge of aid into Gaza without interference through the United Nations and its agencies, and the Red Crescent."
"The study found two years of war had led to enormous nutritional consequences for tens of thousands of children across Gaza. Researchers used measurements of the circumference of the arms of 220,000 children aged between six months and five years old in Gaza between January 2024, and August 2025, when famine was declared in parts of Gaza by a UN-backed panel of independent experts. In January 2024, 5% of children screened showed evidence of wasting, rising to nearly 9% six months"
Almost 55,000 children in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished. A month-by-month breakdown across much of the two-year conflict shows a clear link between Israeli restrictions on supplies entering Gaza and child malnutrition levels. Israel repeatedly denies responsibility, asserting that adequate food is allowed into the territory and questioning humanitarian agency effectiveness. Indirect talks in Egypt and a proposed 21-point plan call for a ceasefire, hostage returns, and a surge of UN-mediated aid. Measurements of mid-upper arm circumference from 220,000 children aged six months to five years document rising wasting rates.
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