One in six children in northern Gaza are acutely malnourished, UNICEF warns

People sort grain used to make flour in Gaza City on January 22, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)
People sort grain used to make flour in Gaza City on January 22, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)

The scarcity of food and water in Gaza has left children and women across the Strip suffering a steep rise in malnutrition, the United Nations children’s fund warns.

One in six children in northern Gaza are now acutely malnourished, UNICEF says, a situation poised to “compound the already unbearable level of child deaths.”

The war broke out on October 7, when the Hamas terror group carried out a devastating attack on southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 253 hostages amid acts of brutality including widespread sexual violence.

In response, Israel launched a military campaign with the aim of securing the release of the hostages and toppling Hamas from power in Gaza.

The war has caused a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, with most of the population displaced and at risk of starvation.

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