A one-year-old girl has died of malnutrition in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, a medical source at the city’s al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital has confirmed to Al Jazeera.
A total of 69 children have died from malnutrition in the territory since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to Gaza’s government media office.
News of the latest death comes as Gaza’s health ministry warns that “unprecedented numbers” of starving Palestinians are presenting with severe malnutrition in states of “extreme exhaustion and fatigue” at the territory’s hospitals.
