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Lancet Study Finds 55,000 Gaza Children Acutely Malnourished as UN Plans Aid Surge

UN agencies press to open crossings to use a tentative ceasefire for a rapid scale-up of lifesaving aid.

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FILE.- Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, poses for a photo at his family home in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi,File)
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Overview

  • An UNRWA-led study in The Lancet, based on 219,783 MUAC screenings from January 2024 to mid-August 2025, estimates about 54,600 children under five are acutely malnourished, including roughly 12,800 severely.
  • Wasting climbed to about 16% by mid-August after prolonged access restrictions and declined during a prior six-week ceasefire when aid increased.
  • The UN-backed IPC confirmed famine in Gaza City governorate on August 15, underscoring urgent needs for therapeutic feeding and medical care.
  • UNICEF and WFP plan to ramp deliveries under the ceasefire framework to roughly 600 trucks daily with 145 distribution points and up to 30 bakeries, contingent on clearances, troop withdrawals and security.
  • Researchers flag limits to the dataset—screenings occurred only at functioning UNRWA sites with some repeat measurements—while Gaza’s Health Ministry reports more than 460 deaths linked to starvation and malnutrition since 2023.