The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that nearly 13,000 children were hospitalized in Gaza throughout July due to acute malnutrition.
Of these, 2,800 — or 22% — suffered from severe acute malnutrition.
OCHA doesn’t specify the age of the children.
The report also states that the World Food Programme collected 1,012 trucks carrying 13,000 metric tons of food from Gaza’s border crossings during July. However, only 10 of these trucks reached their intended warehouses inside the Strip, while the rest were “offloaded en route,” according to the statement. It is unclear whether this refers to organized theft or to looting by crowds.
The UN further reports that following Israeli measures allowing the entry of more aid in early August, the price of sugar in Gaza dropped from hundreds of shekels, peaking at NIS 600 ($180) per kilogram at one point in the last few months, to NIS 30-40 ($9-12) per kilogram as of August 10.
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