The World Health Organization has announced alarming figures regarding the prevalence of malnutrition among children in the Gaza Strip. Since the beginning of the year, nearly 10,000 children have been diagnosed with malnutrition, including approximately 1,400 suffering from severe malnutrition requiring immediate medical intervention and treatment.

According to its official website, the organization warned on Wednesday that children who reach the stage of severe malnutrition without treatment face the risk of death. Despite the availability of three treatment centers, the number of children receiving treatment is lower than expected, often due to difficult access or repeated displacement, resulting in one in five children not completing treatment.

The organization expressed grave concern about the spread of acute watery diarrhea, which poses a deadly threat to children already suffering from malnutrition due to the deterioration of the water and sanitation infrastructure in the Strip.