Constant death numbers daily rise in Gaza as the famine continues
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Friday that the death toll from malnutrition, resulting from the ongoing Israeli starvation policy since October 7, 2023, has risen to 440 Palestinians, including 147 children.
In its statement, it had recorded four new deaths due to famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll in nearly two years to 440 Palestinians, adding that the number of child deaths among these reached 147 children.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared famine in Gaza last August, “162 deaths, including 32 children, have been recorded”.
On August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Global Initiative announced in a report that “famine has occurred in Gaza City,” and predicted that it would “spread to the cities of Deir al Balah and Khan Yunis by the end of September”.
Since March 2, Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, preventing any humanitarian aid from entering the territory. This has plunged the Strip into famine, despite the backlog of aid trucks at its borders.
However, less than two months ago, it allowed the entry of very limited quantities of aid, which don’t meet the minimum needs of the starving and don’t end the famine, especially since most of the trucks were robbed by gangs that the “Gaza government” claims are protected by Israel.
They continued Israeli genocide in Gaza left 65,174 Palestinians dead, 166,071 wounded, most of them children and women, and hundreds of thousands displaced.
