A Gazan woman who died Friday in an Italian hospital after being transferred for treatment was suffering from leukemia, the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit said on Sunday.

Marah Zohry was flown to the Italian city of Pisa with her mother on an overnight flight Wednesday, in a humanitarian operation in coordination with the Italian government.

International media outlets led by the BBC reporting her death this weekend highlighted her malnutrition without mentioning her cancer diagnosis.

“The hospital said she had suffered severe loss of weight and muscle,” the BBC wrote, “while Italian news agencies reported she was suffering from severe malnutrition.”

The report went on to cite United Nations claims of “widespread ma

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