7 died of malnutrition in last 24 hours: Gaza’s health ministry

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A total of seven people have died of “famine and malnutrition” in the last 24 hours, Al Jazeera quotes Gaza’s health ministry as saying.

Their casualties bring the total number of hunger-related deaths in the Strip, where the UN warns famine is now spreading, to 339, including 124 children, according to the ministry.

 People wait as they try to get rice from a charity kitchen providing food for free in the west of Gaza City, on August 28. — Basher Taleb/AFP
People wait as they try to get rice from a charity kitchen providing food for free in the west of Gaza City, on August 28. — Basher Taleb/AFP

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