By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef and Tim Lister
(CNN) — A 5-month-old Palestinian baby suffering from severe malnutrition died in her mother’s arms in Gaza Friday, one of the latest victims of a starvation crisis that has generated international outrage but continues to deepen.
The girl – Zeinab Abu Halib – died Friday as her mother tried to get her to a hospital in southern Gaza.
“Zeinab has been in and out of the hospital for the last three months,” her mother, Israa Abu Halib, told CNN on Saturday.
“I had to walk for more than 30 minutes as there is no transportation… The dirt road was so long, the weather was so hot, but I kept walking even though I was hungry and didn’t have water.”
“Suddenly I felt that she stopped moving and breathing; her body became heavier,” Ab