22/7/2025–|Last update: 10:57 (Mecca time)
Sources in hospitals reported Gaza 4 deaths in the sector – including two children – were martyred due to malnutrition and dehydration since dawn today, Tuesday, In light of the increasing warnings of mass death due to hunger and thirst in the besieged sector.
While sources in the Al -Shifa Medical Complex reported that a baby was died as a result of malnutrition in the northern Gaza Strip, the Nasser Medical Complex announced the death of the child Abdul Hamid Al -Ghalban from the city of Khan Yunis as a result of malnutrition.
The Director of Medical Relief in Gaza has warned of a mass death for the population due to starvation, saying The sector He entered the danger stage of starvation and expects a collective death of women and children.
The Director of Medical Relief in Gaza confirmed that there are large numbers of cases that suffer from malnutrition in health centers, explaining That there 60,000 pregnant people in the sector suffer from malnutrition and hunger.
For his part, a spokesman for the Gaza municipality told Al -Jazeera that thirst is sweeping the city, noting that the per capita share is less than 5 liters per day for drinking, cooking, bathing and other needs, and the water wells currently cover less than 12% of the total daily needs of citizens.
For its part, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that Gaza was more feeding, and malnutrition is escalating, and that what enters the sector is not enough, stressing that The situation in Gaza “is the worst ever, and whoever survives bombs faces hunger.”
The UN office added that 2.1 million people are crowded in 12% of the area of the sector without food or clean water, pointing out that hospitals are collapsing under the weight of the waves of the injured and their lack of basic supplies.
The number of hunger victims in Gaza is increasing in light of the Israeli siege, as the Ministry of Health in the Strip announced on Monday that 20 people were martyred due to starvation within 48 hours.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza – last Sunday – confirmed the death of more than 900 Palestinians – including 71 children – due to hunger and malnutrition, in addition to 6 thousand injured people looking for a living since the start of the Israeli genocide war on the Strip.
On Monday, the Ministry reported health that the number of victims of the Israeli aggression on the sector has risen to 59 thousand and 29 martyrs and 142 thousand and 135 injured since the seventh of October 2023.