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Four more Gazan children die of ‘malnutrition and dehydration’ — Hamas health ministry
Illustrative: Premature babies are prepared for transport to Egypt after they were evacuated from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to a hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip on Nov. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Four more children have died of “malnutrition and dehydration” in war-torn Gaza, the Hamas-ruled territory’s health ministry says in the latest such reported deaths as famine warnings mount.
The deaths occurred at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra says in a statement, noting that the number of child “malnutrition and dehydration” deaths now totaled 10.
Earlier today, a spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA told reporters that “if something doesn’t change, a famine is almost inevitable” in Gaza.
“Once a famine is declared, it is too late for too many people,” said the spokesman, Jens Laerke.
