The number of dead children in Gaza for causes related to malnutrition or hunger from the beginning of the Israeli offensive rose this Sunday to 100, According to the last account published by the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave.
This means that almost half of the total dead due to malnutrition, which are already 210, have been minor in these almost two years of Israeli offensive against Gaza.
The hospitals of the Strip registered yesterday, Saturday, five killed by starvation, including two children, according to the Health Statement.
During the month of July, deaths in Gaza due to lack of food shot after months of blocking to the entry of humanitarian aid by Israel, which controls all accesses to the territory.
Between March 2 and May 19 the blockade was total, while the aid flow is now very limited and insufficient, humanitarian organizations denounce.
Israel said Sunday that in the last week – August 3 to 9 – 1,900 humanitarian aid trucks “were collected and distributed” in Gaza, which is an average of 270 daily trucks compared to the necessary 600 – according to humanitarian organizations – to meet the needs of the Gazati
