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Motawaq's son Mohammad is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors and aid workers warn of permanent damage to the health of children in Gaza due to chronic malnutrition.
With over 1,000 killed near aid sites and 81 children dead from hunger, Gaza faces a man-made humanitarian collapse
Prolonged and severe malnutrition is permanently damaging the health of children across Gaza. Doctors warn even if Israel lets in more food now, the damage to children's bodies can be irreversible.
Starving children die in Gaza hospital as malnutrition reaches catastrophic levels.Credit: AP The photo gained renewed attention amid broader discussions about Trump's past associations in July 2025.
As Israel faces mounting pressure to end the Gaza war, a hospital director says the Palestinian enclave is facing "alarming numbers of deaths" from starvation.
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it was seeing a deadly surge in malnutrition in Gaza that has led to the deaths of 21 children under five so far in 2025. Malnutrition centers are full without sufficient supplies for emergency feeding,
Convoys of aid trucks have been seen heading to Gaza after Israel says humanitarian corridors would be opened in the face of mounting pressure.
Over 113 in Gaza have died from famine and malnutrition amid war, siege, and collapsing humanitarian aid routes.
Five starving children at a Gaza City hospital were wasting away, and nothing the doctors tried was working. The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run out under Israel’s blockade.