The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Saturday that a third of children in northern Gaza under two years of age suffer from acute malnutrition.

The UN agency explained on the “X” platform that “child malnutrition is spreading rapidly and reaching unprecedented levels in Gaza.”

It added: "One child out of every three under the age of two years in northern Gaza suffers from acute malnutrition."

UNRWA confirmed that "famine is looming on the horizon, and there is no time to waste."

Yesterday, Friday, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) revealed that acute malnutrition among children had doubled in one month in the northern Gaza Strip.

The organization said: “1 in 3 children under the age of two in the northern Gaza Strip suffers from acute malnutrition, which is a staggering increase compared to 15.6 percent last January.”

As a result of the war and Israeli restrictions, the population of Gaza, especially the Gaza and northern governorates, is on the verge of famine, amid a severe scarcity of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies, with the displacement of about two million Palestinians from the Strip, which has been besieged by Israel for 17 years.

In an attempt to remedy the crisis, Arab and foreign countries continue their cooperation to airdrop aid into areas north of the Gaza Strip, but it remains insufficient and does not meet the urgent needs of the Palestinians.