Death toll of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza climbs to 25

GAZA, March 09 (YPA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced this evening that the death toll from malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza has climbed to 25 martyrs, mostly children.

According to spokesman for the ministry Ashraf al-Qudra, a two-month-old baby girl at Kamal Adwan Hospital and a 20-year-old girl at Al-Shifa Medical Complex were pronounced dead due to malnutrition and dehydration.

Al-Qudra affirmed that the announced death toll from hunger and dehydration reflects only the people who were pronounced dead by hospitals, while there are dozens who are believed to have died of hunger silently and without being able to reach hospitals in Gaza.

“The increasing number of victims due to malnutrition and dehydration is extremely concerning,” he said, emphasizing that the famine in the northern part of the Gaza Strip has reached lethal levels.

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