Seven more people, including two children, have died “due to famine and malnutrition” in Gaza, Al Jazeera quotes the enclave’s health ministry as saying.

“That brings the total number of hunger-related deaths in the enclave to 420, including 145 children, according to the ministry’s tally,” the report added.

 A displaced Palestinian child walks amid devastated tents, following an overnight Israeli strike that levelled a building and damaged the surrounding temporary shelters, in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on Sept 13, 2025. — AFP
A displaced Palestinian child walks amid devastated tents, following an overnight Israeli strike that levelled a building and damaged the surrounding temporary shelters, in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on Sept 13, 2025. — AFP

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