Palestinian baby girl dies of hunger in North Gaza hospital as Israeli blockade continues

BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE - JUNE 22: A Palestinian baby girl died of malnutrition at Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza on Saturday, raising the total this week to four amid ongoing Israeli restrictions on aid, the health center's director announced on Saturday."We lost a child in the hospital's nursery department in recent hours due to malnutrition," Hossam Abu Safiya said in a news conference held in the northern Gaza Strip."This is the fourth child to be killed in the hospital during the last week due to malnutrition," he added.Abu Safiya said that over the past two weeks, the hospital had diagnosed over 250 children with symptoms of malnutrition, warning that the Gaza Strip "is confronting a genuine health crisis that initially affects children and could extend to adults."He highlighted that recent premature births at the hospital have been attributed to maternal malnutrition.Abu Safiya urged international organizations to bolster relief efforts in northern Gaza, including facilitating the entry of food, clean water, fuel, and essential equipment for waste removal.He emphasized that Kamal Adwan Hospital only has enough fuel to last it a day and would cease operations if more is not provided soon.The ill-fated baby’s father Ahmed Maqateh told Anadolu that his daughter’s “life has been like living in fire, with a lack of nutrition and no food available.”(Footage by Osama Abdul Wahhab Abu Rabee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)