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Alarming spike in child deaths as hospitals report severe food shortages and collapsing health systems
News Report:
A hospital in Gaza has reported that at least 21 children have died from starvation within just 72 hours, raising serious concerns about the deepening humanitarian crisis in the region. Health officials described the situation as “critical and worsening by the hour,” with food supplies nearly exhausted and medical facilities overwhelmed.
Doctors said the children who died were all under the age of five and had arrived at hospitals in extremely fragile condition. Many were suffering from severe acute malnutrition, dehydration, and related complications. Medical staff are working around the clock but warn that the lack of nutritional aid and medicine is making it impossible to save lives.
In the past week alone, dozens of other children have also been admitted in life-threatening conditions due to prolonged hunger. According to health experts, many families have gone days without food, surviving on minimal rations. Parents are reportedly feeding children boiled water or flour paste to keep them alive.
The crisis has been compounded by ongoing hostilities, which have disrupted aid supply lines and destroyed essential infrastructure. Hospitals are running out of basic necessities like electricity, clean water, and medical supplies. Many health workers are treating children using outdated or improvised equipment.
Aid agencies have issued repeated warnings about the rising number of starvation-related deaths. Without immediate international intervention and a secure corridor for humanitarian aid, health officials say more children will continue to die every day.
The situation in Gaza has reached a breaking point, with frontline doctors and humanitarian workers describing it as a “race against time” to prevent further loss of innocent lives.