World Central Kitchen says 200 tonnes of food is ready for distribution as aid agency warns third of infants in northern Gaza are acutely malnourished
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees said on Saturday that “one in three children under two years of age are now acutely malnourished in northern Gaza” in a social media post on X. “Children’s malnutrition is spreading fast and reaching unprecedented levels in Gaza. Famine is looming. There is no time to waste,” it added.
The post comes as the first aid ship to test the new humanitarian maritime route across the eastern Mediterranean arrived in Gaza and offloaded almost 200 tonnes of food. Aid agencies have repeatedly said that bringing in aid to Gaza by sea and through airdrops will not be enough to make up for difficulties getting in supplies by land. AFP reports that the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza has in recent weeks recorded at least 27 deaths from malnutrition and dehydration, most of them children.
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