• Palestinian doctors warn starving Gaza children could die ‘not in weeks

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    A Palestinian doctor in Gaza warned on Friday that without urgent
    intervention providing therapeutic food and medication, children
    facing starvation in the besieged territory could die “not in weeks,
    actually, but in days,” Anadolu reports.

    Speaking during a virtual briefing moderated by American actor and
    activist Cynthia Nixon on starvation in Gaza, attacks on health care,
    and detention of Palestinian medical personnel, Dr. Rana Soboh
    described an “alarming” surge in severe acute malnutrition among
    children under five, particularly in the north.

    “You know what’s happened in North Gaza? What I have witnessed is
    beyond alarming,” said Soboh, who serves as the nutrition officer in
    Gaza for MedGlobal, a US-based humanitarian organization active in the Palestinian enclave.

    “Some of the children we see are so weak that they cannot walk, laugh,
    play, sit, or even cry. They come with infection, diarrhea, skin
    conditions, severe dehydration, and other complications, and often we
    have nowhere to refer them. The few health facilities left are
    overwhelmed, destroyed, or without supplies.”

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    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250809-palestinian-doctors-warn-starving-gaza-children-could-die-not-in-weeks-but-days/

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