Medical sources announced on Sunday that fifty children are suffering from malnutrition and starvation in the northern Gaza Strip.

Quoting medical sources at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia Camp, “About 50 children suffering from malnutrition were counted in just one week, and the specter of famine looms in Gaza, and we recorded signs of malnutrition on some children. We are trying to resume medical service at a minimum in light of Fuel shortage, and the situation is catastrophic in the Strip.”

According to the United Nations World Food Programme, “9 out of every 10 children in the Gaza Strip suffer from acute food poverty.”

What exacerbated the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, specifically in the north, was the closure of the Rafah and Kerem Shalom border crossings, after citizens exhausted their remaining food supplies in light of the scarcity of aid.

The occupation forces continue to close the Karm Abu Salem commercial and Rafah border crossings, for the 34th day in a row.

It is noteworthy that more than 37 children were martyred during the aggression as a result of starvation in a number of hospitals in the Gaza Strip, especially in Kamal Adwan Hospital, where about 30 children died inside.

The health system in Gaza is a target of the occupation, while medical teams are trying to resume their services and provide health and medical care at a minimum to citizens in the northern Gaza Strip.