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Friday, October 10, 2025
Report: Malnourished 12 year-old Gazan girl with celiac disease dies after unsuccessful attempts to secure medical evacuation
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Huda Abu Najah, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza, died this week from starvation, her doctor confirms to Haaretz.
Her death came after months of unsuccessful lobbying by international organizations to secure her evacuation from the Gaza Strip, Haaretz says.
Abu Najah suffered from a serious wheat allergy (celiac disease), a life-threatening condition that requires a gluten-free diet, according to several groups and individuals who appealed for help on her behalf..
Abu Najah was featured in a Haaretz article published August 21, which reported on several cases of child malnutrition experienced at several hospitals and clinics in the Strip.
Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, director of the pediatric department in Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, informed Haaretz of her death this morning.
According to the report, Abu Najah died of a “simple infection” that her immune system, weakened by months of malnutrition, could not fight off.
זה הסרטון האחרון שלה. מלפני יומיים, היא מתה ככל הנראה בשל זיהום פשוט שהפך קטלני לאחר שהרעב השמיד את המערכת החיסונית שלה.
זה שמלחמה נגמרה זה מצויין, אבל מה שעשינו בעזה לא ישכח. >> pic.twitter.com/6v7SWcSEIV— نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון (@nirhasson) October 10, 2025
* This post was updated to state that Abu Najah suffered from celiac disease.
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