PNN – Medical sources reported severe malnutrition in 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip and announced that only a small amount of humanitarian aid is reaching the people.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Muhammad Abu Afesh, director of the Medical Relief Organization in Gaza, announced in an interview with Al Jazeera that more than 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from acute malnutrition, and this has placed a heavy burden on the region’s collapsed healthcare system.
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He emphasized that a small amount of humanitarian aid is reaching the people, while much of it is being stolen by armed and organized gangs.
According to the medical official, vital medicines such as insulin for diabetic patients are not being imported, and pregnant women are facing severe shortages of food and medicine, which has put the lives of thousands of mothers and fetuses at serious risk.
This comes as US President’s envoy Steve Whittakoff claimed hours ago: What is happening in Gaza is a food shortage, not hunger.