A US medical nonprofit working in Gaza says one in six children under 5 is affected by acute malnutrition. The overall toll of deaths due to malnutrition-related causes during the war is 281.
The head of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City said that new cases of malnutrition and starvation were arriving at Gaza's remaining functioning hospitals "every moment".
In June, UNRWA found 10.2% of nearly 16,000 children under 5 to be acutely malnourished, while UNICEF documented 5,870 cases of child malnutrition that month.
UN Population Fund warned in May that 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza would require treatment for acute malnutrition over the next 11 months.
Israel largely shut off the entry of food, water, medicine and other supplies after launching its assault on Gaza, allowing only a trickle of aid trucks through two crossings in the south.
