According to the UN Humanitarian Cooperative Association (OCHA), the United Nations recorded 11,877 children under the age of five with acute malnutrition in Gaza in July this year.
Of those children, 2,562 suffered from severe acute malnutrition and 40 were hospitalized at the stabilization centre, Ocha said.
“This is clear evidence that malnutrition is rapidly accelerating and putting young lives at a serious risk,” UNICEF, the UN Children’s Agency, warned Thursday.
The tissue said the surge in acute malnutrition in children was “superficial.” According to the OCHA, 2,000 children were identified as such in February.
OCHA reported that IT and its partner organizations can only reach 3% of children under the age of 5 who require feeding and micronutrient supplements.
Human rights groups and the United Nations say that aid convoys are allowed to enter Gaza are only a small part of what is needed amid the rise in deaths related to the starvation crisis and malnutrition in enclaves.
Furthermore, only 1.5% of Gaza’s farmland has access to 1.5%, and as of July 28th, it has not been damaged. This was discovered in reports from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).
The crisis “requires an urgent, reduced response,” UNICEF said. “We know how to prevent and treat malnutrition. There are tools. There are expertise. But without safe and sustained access, it means nothing. Nutrition must reach children.
