The Week in Pictures: Competition in sport and for food
Nine-year-old Palestinian girl Mariam Dawwas, who is malnourished, being carried by her mother in the Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City. The World Health Organisation warned on July 27 that malnutrition is reaching 'alarming levels' in Gaza.
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Straits Times
15 hours ago
- Straits Times
The Week in Pictures: Competition in sport and for food
Aug 2 Nine-year-old Palestinian girl Mariam Dawwas, who is malnourished, being carried by her mother in the Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City. The World Health Organisation warned on July 27 that malnutrition is reaching 'alarming levels' in Gaza. PHOTO: AFP
Straits Times
2 days ago
- Straits Times
Egypt's state-affiliated TV says two fuel trucks set to enter Gaza
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox CAIRO - Egypt's state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said on Sunday that two fuel trucks carrying 107 tons of diesel were set to enter Gaza, months after Israel restricted the entry of goods and aid into the Palestinian enclave. Gaza's health ministry has said fuel shortages were hindering the operation of hospitals, adding that doctors had to prioritise services at some of their facilities. There was no immediate confirmation whether the trucks had entered Gaza. Fuel entry has been rare since March, when Israel restricted the flow of aid and goods into the enclave in what it said was pressure on Hamas to release the remaining hostages it took in its October 2023 assault on Israel. Dozens have died of malnutrition in Gaza in recent weeks, according to Gaza's health ministry. It said on Saturday that it had recorded seven more fatalities, including a child, since Friday. Israel blames Hamas for the suffering in Gaza and says it is taking steps for more aid to reach its population, including pausing fighting for part of the day in some areas, air drops and announcing protected routes for aid convoys. U.N. agencies have said that airdrops of food are insufficient and that Israel must let in far more aid by land and quickly ease the access to it. COGAT, the Israeli military agency that coordinates aid, said 35 trucks have entered Gaza since June, nearly all of them in July. More than 700 trucks of fuel entered the enclave in January and February during the ceasefire, before Israel resumed its major offensive in March. The Gaza war began when Hamas killed more than 1,200 people and took 251 hostage in an attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, according to Israeli figures. Israel's offensive has since killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials. According to Israeli officials, 50 hostages now remain in Gaza, only 20 of whom are believed to be alive. REUTERS
AsiaOne
2 days ago
- AsiaOne
Gaza mother worries time running out for evacuation of malnourished daughter, World News
GAZA CITY — Stroking the hair of her emaciated daughter on a hospital bed in Gaza City, Nasma Ayad fears time is running out for a medical evacuation of the malnourished eight-year-old to avoid the fate of her sister, who died last month. "I feel I'm slowly losing my daughter, day after day — everything she's suffering from is multiplying," Ayad said. With few medical supplies and limited food, treating malnourished Palestinian children with complicated conditions in war-shattered Gaza has become increasingly difficult, according to medical staff and humanitarian agencies. Jana received treatment for malnutrition last year at an International Medical Corps clinic in the central town of Deir al-Balah after showing signs of weakness and delayed growth. Though she improved, the frequent interruption of healthcare services and increasing scarcity of food — as Israeli forces who control all access to Gaza have kept up their offensive against Hamas militants — led to a relapse, Ayad said. She weighs just 11 kilograms (24 pounds) and has trouble seeing, speaking or standing up. "She started having an edema, which is fluid retention that makes the limbs and the body swell and store water because of the lack of protein and food," said Suzan Marouf, a therapeutic nutritionist at Patient Friend's Benevolent Society Hospital. Jana's sister, Joury, died on July 20. The child had kidney problems exacerbated by malnutrition, her mother said. Gaza's spiralling humanitarian crisis prompted the main world hunger monitoring body on Tuesday to assess that a worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding, and that immediate action is needed to avoid widespread death. Images of emaciated Palestinian children have shocked many around the world. Gazan health authorities have reported more and more people dying from hunger-related causes. The total now stands at 156, among them 90 children, most of whom died in the past few weeks. Ayad had hoped both her girls could be evacuated to safety to receive treatment outside the Gaza Strip. Health officials had added them to a list of patients who were in need of evacuation last September. But the evacuations never transpired. Though it was too late for Joury, her mother still holds out some hope for Jana. "I am calling for the urgent referral of Jana as soon as possible to be treated outside the country," she said. With the international furore over Gaza's ordeal growing, Israel announced steps over the weekend to ease aid access. But the UN World Food Programme said on Tuesday it was still not getting the permissions needed to deliver sufficient aid. Israel and the US accuse Hamas of stealing aid — which the Islamist group denies — and the UN of failing to prevent this. The United Nations says it has seen no evidence of Hamas diverting much aid. Hamas accuses Israel of causing starvation and using aid as a weapon, which the Israeli government denies. ALSO READ: 'If the baby could speak, she would scream': The risky measures to feed small babies in Gaza
