GAZA, August 10, 2025 (WAFA) – Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded five new deaths, including two children, over the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition.

This brings the total number of victims of famine and malnutrition to 217, including 100 children.

It is worth noting that the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen, due to the blockade and shortages of food and medical supplies. The severe famine is intertwined with a genocidal war waged by Israel since October 7, 2023.

Since March 2, 2025, the occupation authorities have closed all crossings with the Gaza Strip, preventing the entry of most food and medical aid, causing widespread famine within the Strip.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has warned that malnutrition among children under the age of five doubled between March and June as a result of the ongoing blockade.

The World Health Organization confirmed that malnutrition rates in Gaza have reached alarming levels, and that the deliberate blockade and delays in aid have caused many deaths. Nearly one in five children under the age of five in Gaza City suffers from acute malnutrition.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, including killing, starvation, destruction, and displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

The genocide has left 61,369 dead and 152,850 injured, most of them children and women. Over 11,000 people are missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that has claimed many lives.

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