'Worst-Case Scenario': Children Dying of Starvation, Dehydration in Gaza Hospitals
In what Palestinian officials on Wednesday called “'an international failure to protect humanity” from Israel’s genocidal assault and blockade, at least six Palestinian children and infants have died of starvation, dehydration, and poisoning in Gaza hospitals in recent days.
Quds News Network reported that one infant, Ahmad Hijazzi, died at Kamal Adwan Hospital from malnutrition and poisoning after he consumed livestock feed, which starving Gazans are eating out of desperation. Other children have been poisoned from eating grass or drinking contaminated water. Newborns and infants born during the war to malnourished mothers are at particularly acute risk of death.
