Authorities say hospitals register hundreds of severe malnutrition cases every day and are unable to respond due to the collapse of the healthcare system.
At least 123 people, including 83 children, have died of hunger on the territory that has so far been besieged, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
“We are facing slow and careful mass murders of babies whose mothers breastfeed instead of milk for several days,” the agency said, citing Israel’s hunger and extinction policies.
Authorities require immediate entry to baby prescriptions, unconditional openings at intersections, and full lifting of sieges.
They hold Israel and its allies, especially the US and European countries, and are responsible and warned that continued global silence will become an accomplice.
On March 2, the Israeli regime cut off all aid to the Gaza Strip. Aid trickles have come to Gaza since late May, but access to humanitarian aid remains severely restricted.
Malnutrition and illness are spreading, with tens of thousands of children at risk of dying from hunger and dehydration.
On Monday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said last month that more than 5,800 children had been diagnosed with malnutrition in Gaza.
According to the integrated food security stage classification, all major regions in Gaza are at phase 4 hunger (urgent level). This means that households have a large food consumption gap, high levels of malnutrition and excessive mortality, and can only mitigate these issues through unsustainable, emergency levels of strategies.
Since launching the war on 7 October 2023, the Israeli regime has killed more than 59,676 people and injured 143,965 people.
MNA