MOSCOW: The total number of deaths from malnutrition amid the food supply crisis in the Gaza Strip has risen to 227, including 103 children, the Gaza health ministry said on Tuesday, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti.
“The Gaza Ministry of Health has recorded five deaths from starvation and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, including two children.
“This brings the total number of deaths from starvation to 227, including 103 children,” the statement read.
According to data from Gaza authorities, 173 people have died of starvation in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2025, 50 in 2024, and four more a year earlier.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said last Monday that Israel’s denial of food to the civilians in Gaza may constitute a crime against humanity, calling the images of people starving in Gaza “heart-rending and intolerable.”
Israel continues to severely restrict humanitarian assistance from entering Gaza, and the amount of aid allowed to go in falls far short of what is needed, Turk said.
After partially resuming humanitarian aid deliveries to Palestinians from July 27 to August 10, Israel allowed 1,334 trucks to enter the semi-enclave, which covers no more than 14 per cent of the population’s aid needs.
Most of the trucks are looted with the connivance of the Israeli military, according to local authorities.
To adequately address the basic requirements for food, fuel, and medicines, at least 600 trucks should be allowed into Gaza daily, they estimated.
– Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti
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