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Blockade-Driven Hunger in Gaza Claims More Young Lives

Aid deliveries remain stalled under Israeli restrictions with civilians facing fatal violence at distribution sites.

Palestinian children queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15.
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Razan Abu Zaher pictured in hospital on June 23.
Razan Abu Zaher’s shrouded body is carried after she died from malnutrition.

Overview

  • Four-year-old Razan Abu Zaher was the latest child to die of hunger, one of at least four child fatalities over the past three days in Gaza’s hospitals.
  • The Palestinian Health Ministry recorded 18 starvation deaths in the past 24 hours as food supplies collapse under the March blockade.
  • UN agencies report that more than 5,800 Gaza children were diagnosed with acute malnutrition in June, the highest monthly toll since October 2023.
  • World Central Kitchen halted its hot meal operations for the second time after running out of ingredients while aid trucks remain stranded at the border.
  • Nearly 800 Palestinians have been killed trying to access food aid since late May, including dozens shot by Israeli troops at distribution points over the weekend.