20-07-2025
Four-year-old girl dies of malnutrition in Gaza
A four-year-old girl has died from severe malnutrition and hunger in the Gaza Strip, according to Wafa news agency.
Medics at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah confirmed that the girl, identified as Razan Abu Zaher, died on Sunday due to complications arising from acute malnutrition.
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa) has warned of a sharp rise in child malnutrition. Between March and June, Unrwa's health centres conducted nearly 74,000 screenings for children under the age of five. These screenings revealed approximately 5,500 cases of severe acute malnutrition and over 800 were classified as the most critical.
Unrwa attributes the crisis to the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza.
