'No food when I gave birth': Malnutrition rises in Gaza as Israeli blockade enters third month

[Starmix]

According to the report, in Gaza's Nasser hospital, a five-month-old girl struggles to cry. Siwar Ashour is hoarse. Her voice has been robbed of the energy to fully communicate her distress. She cannot absorb regular formula milk, and doctors say the Israeli blockade, now in its third month, means supplies of the food she needs are scarce. Siwar sounds as if the weight of the war is pressing down on her lungs.

The report said that her mother, Najwa, 23, is changing Siwar's nappy. She weighs just over 2kg (4lb 6oz). A baby girl of five months should be around or over 6kg. This mom said that there was no food when she gave birth to her child. Israel has banned international journalists from entering Gaza to report independently. It seems many children will perish from malnutrition if they will not be saved. These people should leave Gaza. What Israel wants is for the hostages to be back and for Hamas to be out of Gaza.

In addition, there are also reports that Israel plans to use private security companies to oversee the distribution of aid in Gaza, although no date for this has been made public.
The United Nations and major aid agencies have described this as a politicization of aid, with which they will refuse to cooperate.

See the image of the malnourished newly born. It is sickening. My heart aches to see this baby suffer from hunger.








Report Source: BBC

 

[Augusta]

This is just too bad that even the innocent kids are suffering. This war needs to stop

 

[Starmix]

This is just too bad that even the innocent kids are suffering. This war needs to stop

What a pitiful child, a victim of a ruthless war. If Hamas only returns the captives, the babies will not suffer this fate. The baby looks like a skeleton. My heart aches for this kind of agony and sufferings of the innocent victims of hunger.