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Kuwait Times
25-05-2025
- Health
- Kuwait Times
Zionists kill 107 in Gaza as 29 starve to death
GAZA: Plumes of smoke rose Thursday over the northern Gaza Strip where the Zionist military ordered civilians to evacuate, as rescuers said Zionist strikes across the territory killed at least 107 people. The latest evacuation warning for parts of Gaza City and neighboring areas came hours after the United Nations said it had begun distributing around 90 truckloads of aid in Gaza — the first such delivery since the Zionist entity imposed a total blockade on March 2. The Palestinian health minister said on Thursday that 29 children and elderly people had died from starvation-related deaths in Gaza in recent days and that many thousands more were at risk. 'In the last couple of days we lost 29 children,' Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan told reporters, describing them as 'starvation-related deaths'. He later clarified that the total included elderly people as well as children. Asked to react to earlier comments by the UN aid chief to the BBC that 14,000 babies could die without aid, he said: 'The number 14,000 is very realistic may be even underestimating (the scale).' Earlier this month, a global hunger monitor said that half a million people in the Gaza Strip face starvation. Abu Ramadan said that only seven or eight hospitals out of Gaza's 36 were partially functioning, and that more than 90 percent of medical stocks were now at zero due to the blockade. 'My information is that very few shipments went inside Gaza - 90-100 truckloads and in the south and mid zones.' Asked if there are any medical supplies among them, he said: 'As far as I know ...it's only flour for bakeries.' Under global pressure to lift the blockade and halt a newly expanded offensive, Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was open to a 'temporary ceasefire', but reaffirmed the military aimed to bring all of Gaza under its control. In an Arabic-language statement on Thursday, the military said it was acting 'with intense force' in 14 areas of the northern Gaza Strip, including parts of Gaza City and the Jabalia refugee camp. A map posted alongside the warning showed a swath of territory marked in red, with the army ordering civilians to move south. The army issued a similar evacuation call for northern Gaza late Wednesday in what it said was a response to rocket fire. The vast majority of Gaza's 2.4 million have been displaced at least once during the war. After the Zionist entity announced it would allow in limited aid, the United Nations 'collected around 90 truckloads of goods from the Kerem Shalom crossing and dispatched them into Gaza', said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres. In Gaza, the Hamas government media office reported the arrival of 87 aid trucks, which it said were allocated to international and local organizations to meet 'urgent humanitarian needs'. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had got one truck of medical supplies through to replenish its field hospital in Rafah, but more was needed. 'A trickle of trucks is woefully inadequate. Only the rapid, unimpeded, and sustained flow of aid can begin to address the full scope of needs on the ground,' the organization added in a statement. Palestinians have been scrambling for basic supplies, with the Zionist blockade leading to critical food and medicine shortages. UN agencies have said that the amount of aid entering Gaza falls far short of what is required to ease the crisis. Umm Talal Al-Masri, 53, a displaced Palestinian in Gaza City, described the situation as 'unbearable'. Hossam Abu Aida, 38, said: 'I am tormented for my children'. 'For them, I fear hunger and disease more than I do (Zionist) bombardment,' he told AFP. AFP footage showed bags of recently delivered flour at a bakery in the central city of Deir el-Balah, where workers and a host of machines began kneading, shaping, baking and packaging stack after stack of pita bread. 'Some aid is finally reaching Gazans in desperate need, but it's moving far too slowly,' said Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program. The amount is still a 'tiny drop in the bucket' compared the scale of the crisis, she said. Bread distribution would start later on Thursday, Amjad Al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network in Gaza, told Reuters. He said just 90 trucks had got through. 'During the ceasefire, 600 trucks used to enter every day, which means that the current quantity is a drop in the ocean, nothing,' he said. Bakeries backed by the WFP would produce the bread and the agency's staff would hand it out - a more controlled system than previously when bakers sold it directly to the public at a low cost, he added. AFP footage of northern Gaza showed numerous plumes of smoke rising from the area over the course of the afternoon. In Beit Lahiya on the northern edge of the enclave, a tank shell hit a medicine warehouse inside Al-Awda Hospital and set it ablaze, the health ministry said. Rescue workers had been trying to extinguish the fires for hours, it added. Tanks are stationed outside the hospital, medics say, effectively blocking access to the facility. The intensified Zionist offensive has drawn criticism, with EU foreign ministers agreeing on Tuesday to review the bloc's cooperation accord with the Zionist entity. Sweden said it would press the 27-nation European Union to impose sanctions on Zionist ministers, while Britain suspended free-trade negotiations with the Zionist entity. – Agencies
Qatar Tribune
22-05-2025
- Health
- Qatar Tribune
29 ‘starvation-related' deaths reported in Gaza
Agencies Gaza At least 29 children and elderly people have died from 'starvation-related' deaths in the Gaza Strip in recent days, the Palestinian health minister said, warning that thousands more are at risk as limited aid begins trickling into the bombarded enclave. Majed Abu Ramadan told reporters on Thursday that earlier comments by the United Nations aid chief to the BBC that 14,000 babies could die without desperately needed food aid were 'very realistic', but could be an underestimation. Israel has allowed limited deliveries of humanitarian aid into Gaza amid a wave of international condemnation of its 11-week total blockade on the territory, which spurred warnings of mass famine. But UN officials have said the humanitarian aid entering Gaza is 'nowhere near enough' to meet the needs of the population in the war-torn enclave. About 90 aid trucks entered Gaza on Thursday, but Abu Ramadan said 'very few shipments went inside Gaza'. The aid that was allowed in was limited to 'flour for bakeries', he added. The president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Younis al-Khatib, also said Palestinians have yet to receive any supplies so far. 'No civilian has received anything yet,' al-Khatib told reporters. He said most of the aid trucks are still at the Karem Abu Salem crossing, known as Kerem Shalom to Israelis, in southern Gaza. As limited deliveries enter the Strip, the Israeli military has continued to launch attacks across the enclave, with medical sources telling Al Jazeera that at least 51 Palestinians have been killed since dawn on Thursday. At least 53,655 Palestinians have been killed and more than 121,000 others injured since Israel's war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum said that while Palestinians have welcomed the influx of aid, it is a 'drop in the ocean' compared with the population's needs. 'Five hundred aid trucks are needed on a daily basis in order to avert the current food crisis in the territory,' Abu Azzoum explained. Still, Gaza resident Ahmed Abed al-Daym said the aid trucks were a 'positive sign' amid dire conditions. 'Our homes are empty – there is no bread, and our children are going hungry,' he told Al Jazeera. 'In many households, bread has completely disappeared. What people urgently need is a steady and sufficient flow of flour and other essentials. Unfortunately, the limited aid that has entered so far falls far short of meeting our needs.' Another resident, Reem Zidiah, said that due to the mass starvation that Gaza is enduring, no one is safe in the besieged enclave. 'All of us here in Gaza, we don't think about tomorrow because we don't know what will happen tomorrow – whether we're going to live or die,' Zidiah told Al Jazeera. Meanwhile, Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee announced new forced evacuation orders for Palestinians in Jabalia and Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. He said in a post on X that the army will 'significantly expand its military activity' in the area.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related' deaths in Gaza
At least 29 children and elderly people have died from 'starvation-related' deaths in the Gaza Strip in recent days, the Palestinian health minister says, warning that thousands more are at risk as limited aid begins trickling into the bombarded enclave. Majed Abu Ramadan told reporters on Thursday that earlier comments by the United Nations aid chief to the BBC that 14,000 babies could die without desperately needed food aid were 'very realistic', but could be an underestimation. Israel has allowed limited deliveries of humanitarian assistance into Gaza amid a wave of international condemnation of its 11-week total blockade on the territory, which spurred warnings of mass famine. But UN officials have said the aid entering Gaza is 'nowhere near enough' to meet the needs of the population in the war-torn enclave. About 90 truckloads of aid entered Gaza on Thursday, but Abu Ramadan said most of what was allowed in was limited to 'flour for bakeries'. The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday afternoon that 'a handful of bakeries in Gaza are baking bread again after receiving limited supplies overnight'. 'This is a critical first step – but assistance must be scaled up. More essential food is needed to push back the risk of famine. Bread alone is not enough for people to survive,' the agency said in a post on president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Younis al-Khatib, had earlier said many Palestinians had yet to receive any supplies so far. 'No civilian has received anything yet,' al-Khatib told reporters. He said most of the aid trucks are still at the Karem Abu Salem crossing, known as Kerem Shalom to Israelis, in southern Gaza. As limited deliveries enter the Strip, the Israeli military has continued to launch attacks across the enclave, with medical sources telling Al Jazeera that at least 51 Palestinians have been killed since dawn on Thursday. At least 53,655 Palestinians have been killed and more than 121,000 others injured since Israel's war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee also announced new forced evacuation orders for Palestinians in Jabalia and Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. He said in a post on X that the army will 'significantly expand its military activity' in the area. Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum said that while Palestinians have welcomed the influx of aid, it is a 'drop in the ocean' compared with the population's needs. 'Five hundred aid trucks are needed on a daily basis in order to avert the current food crisis in the territory,' Abu Azzoum explained. Still, Gaza resident Ahmed Abed al-Daym said the aid trucks were a 'positive sign' amid dire conditions. 'Our homes are empty – there is no bread, and our children are going hungry,' he told Al Jazeera. 'In many households, bread has completely disappeared. What people urgently need is a steady and sufficient flow of flour and other essentials. Unfortunately, the limited aid that has entered so far falls far short of meeting our needs.'Another resident, Reem Zidiah, said that due to the mass starvation that Gaza is enduring, no one is safe in the besieged enclave. 'All of us here in Gaza, we don't think about tomorrow because we don't know what will happen tomorrow – whether we're going to live or die,' Zidiah told Al Jazeera. Meanwhile, Action Against Hunger teams on the ground in southern Gaza warned that there was less than a seven-days' supply of food to prevent acute malnutrition in children. Natalia Anguera, the humanitarian group's head of Middle East operations, said 'flour has come in and some bakeries in the south have resumed operations'. However, she stressed that 'specific nutritional supplies reserves for children under five are about to run out'.
Days of Palestine
22-05-2025
- Health
- Days of Palestine
Child death toll in Gaza reaches 16,500, with starvation taking more lives
DaysofPal- The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has released devastating new figures detailing the toll of Israel's ongoing military campaign, reporting that 16,503 Palestinian children have been killed since October 7, 2023. At the same time, starvation and disease are now claiming additional young lives, compounding what officials describe as a multi-layered humanitarian catastrophe. In a statement published Thursday via Telegram, the ministry said the child death toll 'reflects the extent of the direct and systematic targeting of the weakest and most innocent segments of society.' The numbers, drawn from more than seven months of relentless bombardment, are categorized by age: 916 infants under one year, 4,365 children aged 1 to 5, 6,101 aged 6 to 12, and 5,124 teenagers between 13 and 17. 'The tragic figures do not only express innocent lives lost,' the ministry stated, 'but also reflect the magnitude of the humanitarian disaster and the depth of the crime committed against an entire generation that was supposed to be protected, cared for, and educated.' The statement further accused Israeli forces of turning children into 'targets of airplane missiles and tank shells.' Just weeks earlier, on May 5, the ministry had reported 16,278 children killed, highlighting a horrifying average of one child killed every 40 minutes. Among them were 908 infants who never saw their first birthday and 311 children who were born and killed during the war. Starvation deepens the child death toll While the bombs continue to fall, a second deadly threat is tightening its grip on Gaza's children: starvation. On Thursday, Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan revealed that 29 people, mostly children and elderly,have recently died from starvation-related causes, signaling the collapse of Gaza's already devastated health and nutrition infrastructure. 'In the last couple of days we lost 29 children,' Abu Ramadan said, later clarifying that the figure also included elderly victims. His remarks came as Israel allowed the first food aid trucks to enter Gaza in 11 weeks, but aid officials warn that what is arriving is 'just a fraction' of what's needed to prevent further loss of life. Concerns about the deteriorating situation have been raised by the international community. Aid organizations such as UNICEF and Save the Children report that over 3,100 children under the age of five have already died due to hunger, with many more suffering from severe malnutrition. Some children are reportedly so weak that they have lost the ability to cry. These deaths are not isolated but part of what health workers describe as a rapidly growing wave of preventable deaths from both hunger and disease. Adding to the ongoing tragedy, Gaza's civil defense agency reported Thursday that 52 more people were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes since dawn. Agency official Mohammed Al-Mughayyir stated that dozens more were wounded in the intensified attacks across multiple areas of the besieged Strip. As of today, the total death toll in Gaza stands at over 53,655, with 121,950 people injured, numbers that continue to rise daily under the weight of bombs, starvation, and international inaction. Health officials and humanitarian agencies say Gaza is facing not just a military assault but an existential crisis, one that is eliminating its future generation through violence, hunger, and neglect. The Ministry of Health concluded its appeal with a renewed call for urgent international intervention 'to stop the aggression and hold Israeli leaders accountable for crimes against children and unarmed civilians.' Shortlink for this post:
Express Tribune
22-05-2025
- Health
- Express Tribune
Gaza faces hunger crisis as starvation claims 29 lives, warns Palestinian health minister
A Palestinian girl holds a container at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on May 21, 2025. PHOTO: AFP Listen to article The Palestinian health minister said on Thursday that 29 children and elderly people had died from starvation-related deaths in Gaza in recent days and that many thousands more were at risk. Food aid is expected to start reaching Gazans on Thursday after Israel let the first trucks through following an 11-week blockade, but Palestinian and aid officials say it is just a fraction of what is needed. "In the last couple of days we lost 29 children," Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan told reporters, describing them as "starvation-related deaths". He later clarified that the total included elderly people as well as children. Asked to react to earlier comments by the U.N. aid chief to the BBC that 14,000 babies could die without aid, he said: "The number 14,000 is very realistic may be even underestimating (the scale)." Israel imposed the blockade on all supplies in March, saying Hamas was seizing deliveries for its fighters - a charge the group denies. Earlier this month, a global hunger monitor said that half a million people in the Gaza Strip face starvation. Abu Ramadan said that only seven or eight hospitals out of Gaza's 36 were partially functioning, and that more than 90% of medical stocks were now at zero due to the blockade. "My information is that very few shipments went inside Gaza - 90-100 truck loads and in the south and mid zones." Asked if there are any medical supplies among them, he said: "As far as I know ...it's only flour for bakeries."
