Over 40,000 Gaza infants starving, face imminent death

“There is an imminent risk of death for thousands of infants in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli occupation’s ban on the entry of baby formula,” the office said in a statement cited by the Anadolu news agency.

Dr. Ahmad Al-Farra, director of the Children’s Hospital at Nasser Medical Complex, says they are seeing an unprecedented surge in child patients due to hunger. Some children arrive already dead. Baby formula is nearly gone.

Gaza “is on the brink of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe threatening the lives of tens of thousands of infants, as Israel has continuously blocked the entry of baby formula for 150 days in what amounts to a silent genocide,” the statement added.

The statement called for the immediate and unconditional opening of Gaza’s border crossings and urgent entry of baby formula and humanitarian aid.

An UNRWA doctor describes how they now have malnourished children on a daily basis.

The office held Israel, its supporters, and the international community “fully responsible for every innocent life lost as a result of this systematic blockade.”

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 147 Palestinians, including 88 children, have died from starvation and malnutrition since October 2023.
Since Israel’s reneging on the ceasefire on March 18, it has killed and wounded thousands of Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip through a bloody and ongoing aerial bombardment.

On October 7, 2023, following a Palestinian Resistance operation in southern Israel, the Israeli military launched a genocidal war against the Palestinians, killing nearly 60,000, wounding more than 145,000, with over 14,000 still missing.