WHO said almost 12,000 Gazan children under five are acutely malnourished

Children are at most risk of starvation in the region. Photo: AP

Around 12,000 children aged under five in Gaza are suffering from acute malnutrition, and hunger-related deaths are rising, the director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.

“In July, nearly 12,000 children under five years were identified as having acute malnutrition in Gaza, the highest monthly figure ever recorded,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at his organisation’s headquarters in Geneva.

At least 99 people have died, including 64 adults and 35 children, of whom 29 were younger than five, from the start of this year to July 29.

Children are at most risk of starvation in the region. Photo: AP

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