Unicef warns of alarming child malnutrition in Gaza
Unicef warned that 1.1 million children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from a food crisis amid the escalating conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. teleSUR
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00:00 Projections by the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, indicate that a high level of
00:04 malnutrition could affect 10,000 children in the Gaza Strip in the next few weeks.
00:11 In a statement, the agency said that in the absence of food and water, cases of waste
00:15 and the most lethal form of malnutrition could increase by almost 30 percent, compared to
00:20 the levels prior to October 7.
00:23 They highlighted that Gaza is home to 335,000 particularly vulnerable children under the
00:30 age of five who face serious obstacles to accessing less than two liters of water a
00:34 day as a result of the blockade perpetrated by Israel.
00:38 According to the latest report of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, food insecurity
00:43 is extremely severe in Gaza, affecting 2.2 million inhabitants.