The Ministry of Health lists 69 people killed and more than 300 injured by the Israeli army in twenty-four hours

“Hospitals of the Gaza Strip have recorded in the last twenty-four hours five deaths due to malnutrition, including that of a child”reports the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, administered by Hamas, adding that “The total number of victims of famine and malnutrition amounts to 222 martyrs, including 101 children” In twenty-two months of Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip.

Gazanis “Have limited access to basic services. For example, have been faced with repeated trips and are now suffering from a blockade of food supplies”he declared the general manager of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Saturday. However, “Malnutrition is widespread, and the deaths linked to hunger ministry health lists 69 people are increasing”he warned.

For its part. the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Office announced Thursday that its partners working in the field of food aid reported that acute malnutrition in children in Gaza has reached the highest levels ever recorded: “In July only, nearly 12,000 children under the age of 5 were identified as acute malnutrition, out of 136,000 screening, according to partners related to aid. Among these. more than 2,500 were found suffering from severe acute malnutrition, the most deadly form, ministry health lists 69 people and 40 had to be hospitalized in stabilization centers. »»

The proportion of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition is increasing. continues the OCHA: “In June and July, 18 % of all children with acute malnutrition presented severe acute malnutrition, against 12 % between March and May. »» In addition, humanitarian access constraints aggravate the crisis. “Last month. aid partners could only reach 8,700 of 290,000 children under the age of 5 who require food and nutrition supplements, due to the serious shortage of nutritional supplements based on lipids entering Gaza”add the ochha.