GAZA — On Monday, medical sources reported that the number of
child fatalities due to malnutrition and inadequate treatment in the Gaza Strip
has risen to 16, following the passing of a child at Abu Yousef Al-Najjar
Hospital in Rafah.
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Notably,
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza stated on
Sunday that 15 children have died due to malnutrition and dehydration, with
another six children in critical condition, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
Humanitarian workers at the UN also warned during a session
of the UN Security Council on Tuesday that more than half a million people in
Gaza are ‘one step away from famine.’ Furthermore,
UNICEF reported that one in
six children under the age of two in the strip suffers from severe
malnutrition.
In the same context, Yazan Al-Kafarneh, the young boy who
was saved from the rubble just died from malnutrition. Hospitals attempted to
save his life, however due to the lack of oxygen support and food in Gaza,
alongside Kafarneh’s critical condition, he was unable to be saved.
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On social media, many mourned Kafarneh’s passing. His
condition struck many due to the image of his frail body and how his image
depicts the worsening famine that plagues Gaza.
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