Children wait for food being distributed at a camp for internally displaced people where they live due to the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on June 11, 2024.Israel’s near-total blockade of humanitarian aid has pushed tens of thousands of children in Gaza to the point of requiring medical treatment for starvation and malnutrition, the UN reported on Saturday.
There are only two health centers left in Gaza that can care for children suffering from malnutrition, WHO says. Further, just recently, nearly 3,000 children in southern Gaza were cut off from being able to receive treatment for malnutrition due to Israel’s bloody siege of Rafah, according to UNICEF.
Meanwhile, humanitarian relief workers seeking to bring in aid have reported severe access blockades by Israeli authorities., despite having had approvals. Before it was turned back, officials held the truck up at checkpoints for eight hours, and the convoy took 13 hours total just to travel 25 miles, Elder reported.two Palestinian fishermen as they sought food for their families.
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