One in Five Children in Gaza Malnourished, Warns UNRWA as Hunger Crisis Deepens

"UNRWA reports alarming malnutrition levels: 1 in 5 children in Gaza affected."

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has raised alarm over the escalating hunger crisis in Gaza, stating that one in every five children in Gaza City is now suffering from malnutrition, with new cases rising daily.

“Most of the children our teams are seeing are emaciated, extremely weak, and at severe risk of dying without immediate treatment,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini. “Over 100 people—mostly children—are reported to have died of hunger.”

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The situation is so dire, Lazzarini noted, that many parents are themselves too weak from hunger to care for their children. “Those who manage to reach UNRWA clinics often lack the strength, food, or resources to follow medical advice,” he added.

The crisis has not spared humanitarian workers either. UNRWA frontline health staff are reportedly surviving on one small meal a day—sometimes just lentils. “They are increasingly fainting from hunger while on duty. When even the caretakers are starving, the entire humanitarian response begins to collapse,” Lazzarini warned.

Calling for urgent international action, he appealed to humanitarian partners to ensure unrestricted and uninterrupted delivery of aid to the besieged enclave. “We at UNRWA have the equivalent of 6,000 truckloads of food and medical supplies ready in Jordan and Egypt, but access remains a critical barrier,” (Agencies)

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