A child died of famine and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported on Friday that a child died of famine and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip.

Sources at the Baptist Hospital indicated that the child, Abdul Qader Al-Fayoumi, died of starvation and malnutrition, bringing the death toll from famine to 114.

It is noteworthy that cases of malnutrition and famine are arriving at hospitals in Gaza at every moment, as 900,000 children in Gaza are suffering from hunger, 70,000 of whom have entered the malnutrition stage.

It is noteworthy that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had warned that malnutrition among children under the age of five had doubled between March and June, as a result of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

She explained that UNRWA health centers and medical points conducted approximately 74,000 malnutrition tests for children during this period, identifying approximately 5,500 cases of global acute malnutrition and more than 800 cases of severe acute malnutrition.