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Sunday, July 27, 2025
WHO says malnutrition reaching ‘alarming levels’ in Gaza
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Palestinian walk carrying sacks of flour near Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on July 27, 2025, after trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered into northern Gaza from Israel. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
Malnutrition rates are reaching “alarming levels” in the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization warns, saying the “deliberate blocking” of aid was entirely preventable and had cost many lives.
“Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July,” the WHO says in a statement, adding: “Most of these people were declared dead on arrival at health facilities or died shortly after, their bodies showing clear signs of severe wasting.”
Israel today began humanitarian pauses, boosting aid shipments and airdrops of food across Gaza after weeks of heavy international pressure.
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