Medical sources announced today, Monday, that the number of children who died due to malnutrition and lack of treatment had risen to 16, after the death of a child in Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah.

Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip announced yesterday, Sunday, that 15 children had died as a result of malnutrition and dehydration, and that there were 6 other children in intensive care.

The Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to continuous Israeli aggression on land, sea and air since October 7, has been living in extremely difficult humanitarian conditions, amounting to famine.