- Title: Starvation threatens Gaza's children amid Israeli restrictions
- Date: 11th June 2024
- Summary: Starvation threatens Gaza's children amid Israeli restrictions SHOTLIST: GAZA, PALESTINE (JUNE 10, 2024) (AAVN - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF MOTHER HOLDING MALNOURISHED 3-YEAR-OLD AMJAD AL-QANOO 2. MOTHER SHOWING MEDICINE CHILD TAKING (TWO SHOTS) 3. MOTHER SHOWING MEDICAL REPORTS 4. VARIOUS OF MOTHER HOLDING MALNOURISHED CHILD 5. MOTHER GIVING CHILD MEDICINE 6. AMJAD AL-QANOO ON ANOTHER CHILD'S LAP (TWO SHOTS) 7. VARIOUS OF BABIES IN INCUBATORS IN HOSPITAL 8. VARIOUS OF WOMAN DRESSING UP BABY AAVN SCRIPT: Due to strict restrictions imposed by the Israeli army, Palestinian children in Jabalia are at risk of death from malnutrition and dehydration. Among them is 3-year-old Amjad Al-Qanoo, who is struggling to survive amid illness, hunger, and a lack of medicine. His mother is fighting to keep her severely underweight child alive. A hospital in northern Gaza recorded 50 Palestinian children suffering from malnutrition in just one week. Hossam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, reported the figure in a statement issued on Sunday. "The health system in Gaza is a target of the (Israeli) occupation, but we are trying to resume medical services at a minimum despite fuel shortages,” he said. He noted that “the situation is catastrophic in the Strip,” stressing that "the specter of famine looms over the Gaza Strip.” Due to the ongoing war and Israeli-imposed restrictions, essential resources like food, water, medicine, and fuel are scarce. Following the Israeli army's takeover of the Rafah land crossing with Egypt on May 7, despite international warnings, the humanitarian crisis within the Gaza Strip intensified. Nearly 37,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October, most of them women and children, and more than 84,800 others injured, according to local health authorities. Less than 1,200 people were killed in the cross-border raid led by Hamas on Oct. 7 that precipitated the current war. Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6. Writing by Elif Oren
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