Rabat — The number of people who starved to death in Gaza amid the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) illegal blockade has now reached at least 133.
According to the Palestinian news agency, Gaza recorded six starvation-related deaths in the past 24 hours, including two children.
The staggering number adds to the overall child death toll of 87, who have died from severe malnutrition.
“The humanitarian situation in the region remains critical as malnutrition cases continue to flood Gaza’s medical facilities, due to the Israeli policy of starvation imposed on the enclave,” Wafa news agency reported.
Official estimates confirmed that 900,000 children in Gaza suffer from starvation. Of them, over 70,000 children are suffering from critical, and often irreversible, levels of malnutrition.
This comes as the IOF continues its genocidal agenda in Gaza. Reports today said that Israel killed at least 13 Palestinians, including two children. IOF opened fire on people waiting for humanitarian aid in northern and southern Gaza, a crime that has become horrifically routine.
Reports account that six of the civilians were murdered near an aid distribution center in Khan Younis. Six others were killed by gunfire on the outskirts of Rafah, and at least one victim was killed in the Netzarim Corridor.
The number of people that the IOF has killed mercilessly since October 7, 2023, has now reached 59,733 people, with over 144,477 wounded.
“This figure remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under the rubble and in the streets, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue teams due to the relentless shelling and massive amount of debris,” Wafa reported.
