As Hunger Escalates in Gaza: Health Ministry Warns of Potential Deaths of Hundreds

SadaNews - The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip warned on Friday of the potential for hundreds of starving Palestinians to die as unprecedented numbers are flooding into hospitals in states of severe fatigue and exhaustion.

The ministry stated in a statement: "Unprecedented numbers of starving citizens of all ages are arriving at emergency departments in states of severe fatigue and exhaustion."

The ministry warned that "hundreds of those whose bodies have withered will be facing certain death, due to hunger and surpassing their bodies' ability to endure."

Local sources reported today the death of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl due to malnutrition in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.

The Government Media Office in Gaza announced on Friday that the number of martyrs and missing persons since October 7, 2023, has risen to 67,880 Palestinians, while the overall destruction has exceeded 88 percent of the sector's total area of about 360 square kilometers.

The Israeli war on Gaza has resulted in more than 198,000 martyrs and wounded, most of whom are children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that has claimed many lives.