The Chief of the Gaza Hospital says that 21 children died of malnutrition, hunger during the last 3 days

Gaza City -The head of the Al-Shifa hospital in the city of Gaza said Tuesday that 21 children had died throughout the Palestinian territory in the last three days “due to malnutrition and starvation.”

“These deaths were recorded in hospitals in Gaza, including Al-Shifa in the city of Gaza, to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah and the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis … In the last 72 hours,” Muhammad told Abu Salmiya to journalists.

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, warned Monday night that “the latest lines of life that keep people alive are collapsing” in Gaza, and that there were increasing reports of children and adults who exhibit symptoms of malnutrition.

Abu Salmiya told journalists that new cases of malnutrition and hunger were reaching hospitals that worked in the operation of Gaza “every moment”, adding: “We headed towards an alarming number of deaths due to the starvation inflicted to the people of Gaza.”

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the UN Office of Human Rights said that many people were arriving at Gaza hospitals “in a state of severe exhaustion caused by the lack of food. Others are collapsing in the streets. Many more may be dying not reported … these deaths and the horrible physical and psychological suffering caused by hunger are the result of Israel’s interference with the militarization of the organization Humanitianians “. “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.”

The photos that arise from Gaza in recent days have shown children and babies with severe malnutrition, including some that hospital workers have died from the condition. According to national health institutes, severe malnutrition generally causes symptoms that include dramatic wear or loss of fat and muscle, poor circulation and extreme fatigue.

“The hospitals are already overwhelmed by the number of victims of the shots. They cannot provide much more help for hunger-related symptoms due to the shortage of food and medicines,” said Khalil Al-Deqran, spokesman for the Reuters Ministry of Health, the Reuters news agency. Deqran said there were 600,000 people suffering from malnutrition symptoms such as dehydration and anemia, including 60,000 pregnant women.

After the conversations extended a high six -week fire that was broken, Israel imposed a complete blockade in Gaza on March 2 of this year, which did not allow help until the trucks were allowed to cross the border at the end of May. However, UN organizations and help say that the amount of food and other emergency supplies that have been allowed since then have been very insufficient.

The accumulated foods within the Palestinian territory during the high fire have been exhausted, leaving the more than two million inhabitants of the territory experiencing the worst shortage since the beginning of the beginning The war caused by the terrorist attack led by Hamas On October 7, 2023. Some 1,200 Israelis were killed and another 251 taken as hostages during that siege more than 650 days, and it is believed that 20 of the captives are alive in Gaza.

The director of the World Food Program, Carl Skau, who visited the city of Gaza in early July, described the situation as “the worst” he had seen.

Last Sunday, the Civil Defense Agency in Gaza, administered by Hamas, informed that at least three babies had died from “severe hunger and malnutrition” during the previous week.

On Monday, the governments of 25 countries, including Israeli allies and the United States, Great Britain, France, Australia and Canada, He urged an immediate end to warthe unconditional release of Israeli hostages in the hands of Hamas, and the free flow of help.

In their joint statement, they accused the government backed by the United States by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the “drip help and the inhuman murder of civilians, including children” in Gaza.

The nations also condemned a new system for the distribution of help backed by the Israel Army that was launched at the end of May with the support of the Trump administration, but without support from other nations or humanitarian organizations.

The UN Human Rights Office said Tuesday that Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians who try to obtain food help in Gaza since the controversial Humanitarian Foundation of Gaza began operating on May 26.

Officially a private effort, the GHF began working in Gaza, with virtually no information provided about its financing or management, after Israel imposed the blockade of more than two months in all supplies that enter Gaza.

The group’s operations, focused on four “humanitarian centers” for food distribution, have been tarnished by chaotic scenes and almost daily reports of Israeli forces that trigger people who hope to collect rations in the Palestinian territory, where the Israeli army seeks to destroy Hamas.

“As of July 21, we have registered 1,054 people killed in Gaza while trying to obtain food; 766 of them were murdered in the vicinity of the GHF sites and 288 near the UN and other humanitarian organizations of the aid convoys, “the UN Human Rights Office spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan, told the News news agency. He said that the agency’s data were” based on information from multiple reliable sources in the field, including medical teams, humanitarian and human rights organizations. “

GHF says that it has distributed more than 1.4 million food boxes to date and that adjusts its “real -time operations to keep people safe and informed, and we are ready to associate with other organizations to expand and deliver more meals to the people of Gaza.”

The UN and the main help groups have refused to cooperate with the GHF about the concerns that it was designed to address the Israeli military objectives and violates the basic humanitarian principles. The group has never commented, despite the numerous questions of News themezone, in any link it has with US or Israeli governments.

The Trump administration announced its first public support for the GHF, $ 30 million in funds, earlier this month, and asked other organizations and countries that cooperate with the group, saying that, in their opinion, it provides the only means to provide help in Gaza without the risk of Hamas to steal it.

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