22/7/2025–|Last update: 04:22 (Mecca time)
The number of hunger victims increases in Gaza In light of the Israeli siege, at a time when warnings are frequent of the breadth of famine in the sector.
The Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis – Memaa yesterday, Monday, reported that the girl was martyred by the departure of Mohamed Rasas, 32, affected by the complications of acute malnutrition and dehydration.
The departure, which is with special needs, weighed about 50 kilograms ago, but the blockade that prevented the introduction of food, water and medicine, led to a decrease in weight to only 25 kilograms, according to medical sources told Anatolia, which caused a severe deterioration in its health condition and later death.
Pictures of the bones of her face and limbs painfully showed prominent, with a pale face and sunken eyes, which reflects the severity of her suffering with hunger and malnutrition.
The announcement of the death of departure comes at a time when a crisis is worsening Starvation The deliberate by the occupation army, which prevents the entry of food and is targeted by weeks of crowds of women, at the centers run by the so -called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation”.
A heavy outcome
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that 20 people were martyred due to starvation in just 48 hours.
The ministry warned that what is happening in Gaza is a systematic starvation policy that has so far resulted in 86 deaths due to hunger, including 76 children.
Al -Jazeera correspondent reported the monitoring of new cases of people who were symptoms of severe fatigue and sudden fainting while searching for the flour in the streets of Gaza.
The past few days have registered many fainting cases for citizens of Gaza hospitals.
In the context, the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Munir Al -Barash, said that the humanitarian and food situation in the besieged sector has reached very dangerous levels.
Al -Barash added that the stage of famine that the sector is going through is the most dangerous, and many are falling in the streets, and pointed to a significant increase in the numbers of those who die or get sick due to malnutrition.
For its part, the network of civil organizations in Gaza confirmed that the coming hours will be very dangerous to the lives of civilians, especially children, in the absence of any urgent food aid.
Father Declaration
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman warned World Food Program Abeer Atifa that Gaza is on the threshold of the official declaration of starvation by September, if obstacles continue to the introduction of life -saving humanitarian aid.
Although the United Nations is not officially declaring famine in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and international organizations have confirmed that they are already spread.
In turn, in an interview with Al -Jazeera, the UN Special Rapporteur on Food, Michael Fakhry, said that the world has not witnessed a starvation of this kind in contemporary history.
In the same context, the emergency director of the World Food Program, Ross Smith, said that since mid -May, the global program has not been able to introduce more than 10% of the food sector needs.
The United Nations Children’s Fund also warned (UNICEF) That deadly malnutrition among children in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels.
Smith added that the aid outside the Palestinian sector is sufficient to feed the people of Gaza for at least two months, if the appropriate operational conditions are available.
In addition to the lack of foodstuffs, Gaza hospitals suffer from an almost complete collapse due to the acute shortage of medicines and medical devices, as well as their direct targeting by the occupation army.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, only 16 hospitals are partially operating out of 38, amid an exacerbation of health care and food.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has launched a war of extermination, which has been starving and destroying And forced displacementIt has resulted in the death of 59,000 citizens and the injury of 142,000 others, while most of the residents of the stricken sector were displaced.