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Every day the Nasser hospital in Southern Gaza is receiving up to ten new cases of malnutrition.
Among the latest to arrive is seven-year-old Amal. Her name means ‘Hope’ and there was still a glimmer of that hope in her big brown eyes, as she told our cameraman how she longed to leave Gaza and get better.
In the space of just a few months Amal has lost more than half of her body weight, she now weighs just ten kilos. The average weight for a girl her age is 22 kilos. Her ribs and spine protrude from her emaciated frame; she is wasting away after months with only the bare minimum of food.
An estimated sixteen thousand children in Gaza have needed treatment for malnutrition this year, according to UNICEF. ITV News Correspondent Debi Edward explains.
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