16 children died in Gaza due to malnutrition

GAZA, March 04 (YPA) – Palestinian medical sources announced on Monday that the number of children who died due to malnutrition and lack of treatment has risen to 16, after the death of a child at Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah.

On Sunday, the Kamal Adwan hospital in the northern Gaza Strip announced that 15 children had died from malnutrition and dehydration, and that there were 6 other children in central care.