The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a "deadly surge" in malnutrition-related deaths and man-made "mass starvation" as aid is blocked from getting into Gaza.
The UN health agency said 21 children under the age of five had died from malnutrition in Gaza so far this year and that more than 30,000 children the same age were currently suffering from acute malnutrition.
Since Israel’s aid blockade began in March, Gaza’s humanitarian situation has become dire, alarming international organisations.
WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the malnutrition was caused by the aid blockage.
The warning comes as Israeli strikes killed at least 29 people in Gaza on Wednesday night, including nine children and a pregnant woman.
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