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Published 22 Jul, 2025 09:39pm

Baby boy starves to death in Gaza as hunger spreads, medics say

Six-week-old Yousef’s lifeless body lay limp on a hospital table in Gaza City, his skin stretched over protruding ribs and a bandage where a drip had been inserted into his tiny arm. Doctors said the cause of death was starvation.

He is among 15 people to starve to death in the last 24 hours in Gaza, according to doctors who say a wave of hunger that has loomed over the enclave for months is now finally crashing down.

Yousef’s family couldn’t find baby formula to feed him, said his uncle, Adham al-Safadi.

“You can’t get milk anywhere, and if you do find any it’s $100 for a tub,” he said, looking at his dead nephew.

Read more from Reuters here.

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