Two Palestinian girls martyred Sunday morning from severe starvation and malnutrition, their deaths becoming the latest symbols of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip under ongoing Israeli blockade and aggression.
BREAKING: 21-year-old Palestinian girl Shaima Al-Ashram just died at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza, due to severe malnutrition caused by the ongoing Israeli siege, according to medical sources. pic.twitter.com/CpzFx7uDXF
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Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital confirmed the death of Rahaf Al-Balawi after her health rapidly deteriorated from an extreme shortage of food and medical care. In a separate announcement, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported that Shaima Al-Ashram had also died from the same causes.
These tragic cases are not isolated. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, hospitals recorded 10 new fatalities from starvation and malnutrition in the past 24 hours alone, three of whom were children. The ministry reports the total death toll from hunger has now reached 332 since the start of the Israeli aggression, a grim tally that includes 124 children.
A Palestinian man was killed by an Israeli airstrike this afternoon while filling water on the roof of his home in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/4NmJzrJjDM
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The situation is accelerating a full-scale humanitarian collapse. In recent days, deaths from malnutrition have surged, with harrowing reports of children’s bodies being reduced to skeletons and widespread incidents of civilians fainting from hunger amidst crippling food scarcity.
Amid the rubble in Gaza, a little girl shares the meager food with her siblings. Too exhausted and hungry to even reach their tent, yet smiles still break through their faces. pic.twitter.com/A5I90YDC8z
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Gaza hospitals and emergency departments are witnessing an unprecedented number of starving citizens of all ages, arriving in extreme exhaustion, frighteningly emaciated, and completely weak, exhausted by hunger and their bodies shockingly thin.
Source: Al-Manar and agencies
