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The New York Times' July 25 front page showing a picture captioned: "Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, about 18 months, with his mother, Hedaya al-Mutawaq, who said he was born healthy but recently diagnosed with severe malnutrition." On July 30, the paper acknowledged that he "had pre-existing health problems affecting his brain and his muscle development."
May 5, 2026, 11:35 pm
Palestinian photographer who captured ‘devastation and starvation in Gaza’ wins Pulitzer
Prize committee praises Saher Alghorra’s ‘haunting, sensitive’ work; his front-page NYT photo of emaciated child who had preexisting medical issue sparked scrutiny of famine claims
By JTA and ToI Staff
Islam Qudeih holds her daughter, Shamm Qudeih, 2, during an interview with The Associated Press at the Santobono Pausilipon Children's Hospital in Naples, southern Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, where Shamm is being treated after being evacuated from Gaza. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
September 6, 2025, 9:02 pm
Child evacuated from Gaza with rare disease recovers from malnutrition in Italian hospital
Doctors say ‘a big part’ of Shamm Qudeih’s undernourishment was due to her genetic metabolic disease, but war conditions in Strip contributed to deterioration
By AP and ToI Staff
Michal Waxmanm (left), Tamar Cohen Tzedek (middle) and Noa Levi (right) pose for a campaign protesting alleged starvation in Gaza by Israeli fashion brand Comme Il Faut. (Yanai Yechiel via JTA)
September 4, 2025, 6:15 pm
Israeli fashion brand launches campaign calling to ‘resist starvation’ in Gaza
Campaign by Comme Il Faut shows chefs and restaurateurs holding empty pots, stirring backlash among commenters, who say Hamas to blame and only the hostages are starving
By Grace Gilson
Prof. Dan Turner (courtesy) / The transfer of Palestinian men arrested during a military raid on Jenin, January 22, 2025. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
August 13, 2025, 11:53 pm
What Matters Now to Prof. Dan Turner: Treating our enemies humanely makes us human
Senior pediatric gastroenterologist and human rights activist weighs in on horrific images of malnourished children in Gaza and why their underlying medical conditions are not the problem
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip in an image released by the military on August 11, 2025. (IDF)
August 12, 2025, 3:27 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 12: Day 676 – IDF lays out projected timeline for capture of Gaza City
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian reports on IDF claims that a prominent Al Jazeera journalist was on the Hamas payroll and scathing rebuttal of starvation deaths, plus a West Bank update
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Mohammed al-Mutawaq, a 1.5-year-old child in Gaza City, Gaza, who has been reported as suffering from a genetic muscle disorder, July 21, 2025. (Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini / Anadolu, via Reuters)
August 5, 2025, 5:20 pm
‘We never see kids like this:’ Israeli doctors speak out on emaciated Gazan children
Images of a skeletal Palestinian boy prompted criticism when details of a background disease emerged, but Israeli pediatricians say no Israeli patient would suffer such severe malnutrition
By Jeremy Sharon
Still images of hostages Ram Braslavski (left) and Evyatar David from Hamas propaganda videos, cleared for publication by their families in August 2025. (Composite screenshot)
August 4, 2025, 11:25 pm
Medical report: Hostages face ‘immediate risk of death’ from ‘systematic starvation’
Report from Hostages and Missing Families Forum comes after videos show Rom Braslavsky and Evyatar David looking emaciated, says they’ve drastically lost weight
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinians leave a food distribution point run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation with bags and boxes, near the Netzarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip, on August 3, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
August 3, 2025, 6:07 pm
Palestinians report 23 killed near Gaza aid sites, 6 starvation deaths in past day
Palestinian Red Crescent Society says 1 worker killed, 3 wounded in airstrike on Khan Younis HQ; Egyptian state media reports rare delivery of diesel fuel to Strip
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Najah (L), a 35-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her malnourished 11-month-old daughter Sila as they await treatment at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 24, 2025. (AFP)
July 30, 2025, 6:00 pm
In one of Gaza’s few malnutrition wards, a child’s arm is as wide as her mother’s thumb
Nasser Medical Complex is one of only four centers left in Gaza able to treat the most dangerously hungry children, as doctor says kids in his care have ‘skin on top of bones’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Naima Abu Ful holds her malnourished 2-year-old child, Yazan, at their home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
July 25, 2025, 11:30 am
Gaza hospitals say kids without underlying health conditions now dying of starvation
At least 48, including adults, have died in July due to malnutrition, Hamas ministry says, up from 10 in previous 5 months; IDF says terror group creating shortages by looting aid
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinians, mostly children, push to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. (AFP)
July 24, 2025, 4:00 pm
UN report warns child malnutrition rising in Gaza as EU demands Israel do more on aid
Report says nearly 9% of Gazan kids who were screened are suffering from acute malnutrition; European Commission: All options on the table if Israel doesn’t honor aid agreement
By Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Reuters
Illustrative: IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, in an image first published on July 23, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 24, 2025, 12:30 pm
Soldier seriously hurt in Gaza combat; IDF chief says war at ‘significant juncture’
IDF says 70 aid trucks entered Gaza as Israel pushes back on claims of starvation crisis; Katz: If hostages not returned soon, ‘gates of hell will open’
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians queue for a hot meal at a charity kitchen run by the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 26, 2025 (Eyad BABA / AFP)
July 23, 2025, 6:40 pm
‘It’s better to die from a bomb’: Gazans’ testimony, data depict desperate hunger in Strip
As the UN reports claim a sharp rise in malnutrition cases among children, Gazans describe soaring market prices, saying, ‘hunger kills you several times a day’
By Nurit Yohanan
Mohammed al-Mutawaq, a 1.5-year-old child in Gaza City, Gaza, who has been reported as suffering from a genetic muscle disorder, July 21, 2025. (Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini / Anadolu, via Reuters)
July 22, 2025, 2:56 pm
Top court extends deadline for state to explain Gaza aid policy for the 10th time
Gisha human rights organization petitioned the court in May demanding ‘consistent and extensive’ aid to Gaza due to worsening humanitarian situation, malnutrition in the territory
By Jeremy Sharon
Activists protest the war in Gaza, in Jerusalem, April 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 22, 2025, 2:09 am
Some pro-Israel advocates are now using words like ‘genocide’ to describe the Gaza war
Having backed Israel’s military action after Hamas’s October 7 atrocities, a growing number of Jews see the recent aid blockade, high death toll, and threats of annexation as a red line
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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