The Palestinian child starved in Gaza due to the continuing Israeli siege in Gaza

The Palestinian child Janan Saleh al-Kafi died on May 3, 2025 in the Al-Rantisi Hospital photo from Palestinian journalists Telegram channels from Gaza

Cairo – May 3, 2025: A Palestinian child hungied on Saturday in the Gaza Strip due to the famine and dehydration in the besieged enclave, which brings the number of malnutrition victims in the Gaza Strip to 57 deaths.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday that the girl Janan Saleh al-Skafi died due to malnutrition due to the famine in the strip in the Al-Rantisi Hospital west of Gaza.

The ministry added that around 60,000 children suffer from the symptoms of all crossings, the closure of all crossings and the prevention of basic materials and humanitarian aid, including food, water, medicine and even 64 days, due to the close siege of the Israeli occupation.

In the last 48 hours, 77 martyrs (including 7 securities) and 275 injuries were received, the ministry said on Saturday in a separate news information 77 martyrs (including 7 securities) and 275 injuries.

A number of victims remain under the ruins and on the streets that cannot be reached by ambulances and civil defense teams.

The number of fatalities in Israeli aggression has risen to 52,495 martyrs and 118,366 injuries since October 7, 2023.

On March 18, Israel smashed a two -month ceasefire in Gaza, which was conveyed by Egypt, Qatar and the USA and resumed one of the bloodiest conflicts of the century. The number of fatalities and injuries since March 18, 2025 has reached (2,396 martyrs, 6,325 injuries).

“With two months of an auxiliary block, we do not have to see photos of emaciated children to know that people are hungry and that children are weak and malnourished with lifelong,” said the general director of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on his X.

He called for a ceasefire in Gaza and for the publication of Israeli hostages and for the access of humanitarian aid in the strip.