A health official in Gaza stated that the number of famine victims in the last two days is the highest since the start of the Israeli starvation policy, reporting the death of 19 Palestinians, including 4 children, due to famine in the past 48 hours.
The Gaza Ministry of Health announced today, Wednesday, the death of six Palestinians, including one child, due to famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, adding to the 13 dead reported yesterday, Tuesday, including 3 children, marking the largest number recorded in a single day since the beginning of the Israeli genocide and starvation war.
While the ministry confirmed that the number of famine victims has risen to 367, including 131 children, Palestinian and international organizations say that there has been little change in addressing the conditions in the besieged sector since the United Nations declared a famine, and that people are still starving due to a lack of supplies.
Starvation is intensifying as the Israeli army begins to implement the initial phases of its plan to invade and occupy the city of Gaza, having destroyed entire residential blocks in the neighborhoods of Shuja'iyya, Zaitoun, and Sabra, as well as in Jabalia in the northern sector, and started displacing thousands of residents.
Many countries and human rights and humanitarian organizations have condemned the actions of the Israeli army, warning of a new bloody escalation and widespread displacement of the residents of Gaza City, which has a population of nearly one million.
Since October 2023, Israel - with U.S. support - has been waging a genocide against the residents of the sector, involving killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring international calls to stop the war and orders from the International Court of Justice in this regard.
The genocide has resulted in more than 63,000 dead and 160,000 injured.
The number of famine victims has risen to 367, including 131 children.
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19 dead due to famine in Gaza within 48 hours