2 more children died of hunger in Gaza

The Ministry of Health of Gaza announced that two more children died of hunger in Gaza as a result of the Israeli occupation . Thus, the number of Gazan children who died as a result of hunger and dehydration reached 6. Israel has not been delivering humanitarian aid to northern Gaza since January 23.

The Gaza Ministry of Health announced that two children died of malnutrition and dehydration (dehydration) at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City due to Israel's refusal to allow humanitarian aid to pass through.

In the statement, which mentioned that 4 children died from the same causes in Kemal Advan Hospital, it was noted that the number of children who died from malnutrition and dehydration reached 6.

"We call on international organizations to take immediate measures to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the north of the Gaza Strip. The international community is faced with a moral and humanitarian challenge to stop the genocide that is being perpetrated by Israel's occupation of the Gaza Strip," the statement said.

Director of Kamal Advan Hospital, Hussam Abu Safiya, stated that 4 children in the hospital died of malnutrition and dehydration, and the hospital itself was not functioning due to lack of fuel.

The Gaza Strip, home to about 2.3 million people, has been facing a humanitarian crisis for 145 days, with Israeli military attacks on civilian settlements, hospitals, schools and shelters for displaced Palestinians, as well as obstruction of humanitarian aid.

International circles, in particular the UN organizations, are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an increase in the flow of humanitarian aid to the region, because most hospitals are not working, there is a lack of medicine and hygiene products, and serious diseases are occurring due to hunger, dehydration and weakness.

Although the International Court of Justice on January 26 provided for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza against Israel, the amount of aid that entered Gaza in February halved compared to January.

According to United Nations agencies, 378,000 Gazans are experiencing hunger at level five, called "catastrophic," on the IPSS scale, and 939,000 are at level four, called "emergency."

The level of acute food insecurity in the Gaza Strip has reached 16.2 percent, exceeding the 15 percent threshold defined as "critical" by the World Health Organization. There is a significant increase in acute food insecurity among children aged 6 to 59 months.