{"id":57396,"date":"2025-07-23T18:14:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/?p=57396"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:44:54","slug":"two-more-children-in-gaza-die-of-israeli-enforcedstarvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/57396\/two-more-children-in-gaza-die-of-israeli-enforcedstarvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more children in Gaza die of Israeli-enforcedstarvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Palestinian medical sources on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of Yousef al-Safadi in northern Gaza and Abdul Hamid al-Ghalban in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, citing severe malnutrition caused by Israel\u2019s ongoing siege.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza has endured nearly two years of a brutal Israeli war, marked by deliberate starvation tactics that rights groups say are aimed at maximizing Palestinian casualties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese children died in a place where food has been turned into a weapon,\u201d said pro-Palestinian activists reacting to the deaths.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Israeli regime tightened its already devastating 18-year blockade, further restricting the entry of food and aid.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals in Gaza, already crippled by relentless bombardment, are now overwhelmed with starvation cases, say local physicians.<\/p>\n<p>They report daily admissions of children, parents, and elderly patients, many in semi-conscious states or unable to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors describe horrifying symptoms of extreme starvation, with some patients collapsing mid-sentence or unable to remember their own names.<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, says over 17,000 children in Gaza are suffering from acute malnutrition.<\/p>\n<p>From March to June, the number of malnourished children under five doubled, the agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>MNA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian medical sources on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of Yousef al-Safadi in northern Gaza and Abdul Hamid al-Ghalban in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, citing severe malnutrition caused by Israel\u2019s ongoing siege. Gaza has endured nearly two years of a brutal Israeli war, marked by deliberate starvation tactics that rights groups say are aimed at maximizing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7103,7109,7100,7110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents-en","category-health-en","category-international-en","category-politic-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}