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Asharq Al-Awsat
23-05-2025
- Health
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Gaza's Main Hospital is Overwhelmed with Children in Pain from Malnutrition
Grabbing her daughter's feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old's protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself. This isn't the first time Mayar has been in a Gaza hospital battling malnutrition, yet this 17-day stint is the longest. She has celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that means she can't eat gluten and requires special food. But there's little left for her to eat in the embattled enclave after 19 months of war and Israel's punishing blockade, and she can't digest what's available. 'She needs diapers, soy milk and she needs special food. This is not available because of border closures. If it's available, it is expensive, I can't afford it,' her mother said as she sat next to Mayar at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, The AP news reported. Mayar is among the more than 9,000 children who have been treated for malnutrition this year, according to the UN children's agency, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year. Experts also warn the territory could plunge into famine if Israel doesn't stop its military campaign and fully lift its blockade — but the World Health Organization said last week that people are already starving. 'Everywhere you look, people are hungry. ... They point their fingers to their mouths showing that (they) need something to eat,' said Nestor Owomuhangi, the representative of the United Nations Population Fund for the Palestinian territories. 'The worst has already arrived in Gaza.' Israel eases blockade but little aid reaches Palestinians For more than two months, Israel has banned all food, medicine and other goods from entering the territory that is home to some 2 million Palestinians, as it carries out waves of airstrikes and ground operations. Palestinians in Gaza rely almost entirely on outside aid to survive because Israel's offensive has destroyed almost all the territory's food production capabilities. After weeks of insisting Gaza had enough food, Israel relented in the face of international pressure and began allowing dozens of humanitarian trucks into the territory this week — including some carrying baby food. 'Children are already dying from malnutrition and there are more babies in Gaza now who will be in mortal danger if they don't get fast access to the nutrition supplies needed to save their lives,' said Tess Ingram of the UN children's agency. But UN agencies say the amount is woefully insufficient, compared to around 600 trucks a day that entered during a recent ceasefire and that are necessary to meet basic needs. And they have struggled to retrieve the aid and distribute it, blaming complicated Israeli military procedures and the breakdown of law and order inside the territory. On Wednesday, a UN official said more than a dozen trucks arrived at warehouses in central Gaza. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. That appeared to be the first aid to actually reach a distribution point since the blockade was lifted. Israel accuses Hamas of siphoning off aid, without providing evidence, and plans to roll out a new aid distribution system within days. UN agencies and aid groups say the new system would fall far short of mounting needs, force much of the population to flee again in order to be closer to distribution sites, and violate humanitarian principles by forcing people to move to receive the aid rather than delivering it based on need to where people live. On top of not being able to find or afford the food that Mayar needs, her mother said chronic diarrhea linked to celiac disease has kept the child in and out of hospital all year. The toddler — whose two pigtails are brittle, a sign of malnutrition — weighs 7 kilograms (15 pounds), according to doctors. That's about half what healthy girl her age should. But it's getting harder to help her as supplies like baby formula are disappearing, say health staff. Hospitals are hanging by a thread, dealing with mass casualties from Israeli strikes. Packed hospital feeding centers are overwhelmed with patients. 'We have nothing at Nasser Hospital," said Dr. Ahmed al-Farrah, who said his emergency center for malnourished children is at full capacity. Supplies are running out, people are living off scraps, and the situation is catastrophic for babies and pregnant women, he said. Everything watered down to make it last In the feeding center of the hospital, malnourished mothers console their hungry children — some so frail their spines jut out of their skin, their legs swollen from lack food. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises, has warned that there could be some 71,000 cases of malnourished children between now and March. In addition, nearly 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women will need treatment for acute malnutrition in the coming months. Mai Namleh and her 18-month-old son, who live in a tent, are both malnourished. She wanted to wean him off of breastmilk because she barely has any, but she has so little else to give him. She gives him heavily watered-down formula to ration it, and sometimes offers him starch to quiet his hunger screams. 'I try to pass it for milk to stop him screaming,' she said of the formula. An aid group gave her around 30 packets of nutritional supplements, but they ran out in two days as she shared them with family and friends, she said. In another tent, Nouf al-Arja says she paid a fortune for a hard-to-find kilogram (about 2 pounds) of red lentils. The family cooks it with a lot of water so it lasts, unsure what they will eat next. The mother of four has lost 23 kilograms (50 pounds) and struggles to focus, saying she constantly feels dizzy. Both she and her 3-year-old daughter are malnourished, doctors said. She's worried her baby boy, born four months earlier and massively underweight, will suffer the same fate as she struggles to breastfeed. 'I keep looking for (infant food) .... so I can feed him. There is nothing," she said.
South China Morning Post
23-05-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Gaza's main hospital overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition
Grabbing her daughter's feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old's protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself. This was not the first time Mayar has been in a Gaza hospital battling malnutrition, yet this 17-day stint is the longest. She has coeliac disease, an autoimmune disorder that means she cannot eat gluten and requires special food. But there was little left for her to eat in the embattled enclave after 19 months of war and Israel's punishing blockade, and she cannot digest what is available. 'She needs diapers, soy milk and she needs special food. This is not available because of border closures. If it's available, it is expensive, I can't afford it,' her mother said as she sat next to Mayar at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Mayar is among the more than 9,000 children who have been treated for malnutrition this year, according to the UN children's agency, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year. Children suffering from malnutrition at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Photo: AP Experts have also warned that the territory could plunge into famine if Israel does not stop its military campaign and fully lift its blockade – but the World Health Organization said last week that people were already starving.
Economic Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
San Diego Plane in Crash Updates Live Updates: All six passengers presumed dead in San Diego crash
23 May 2025 | 07:28:06 AM IST Plane Crash San Diego Live Updates: A small jet crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego early Thursday morning, killing all six people on board. The crash also injured eight people on the ground and damaged ten homes, according to officials. Plane Crash San Diego Live Updates: A small jet crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego early Thursday morning, killing all six people on board. The crash also injured eight people on the ground and damaged ten homes, according to Cessna Citation jet went down in Murphy Canyon near Tierrasanta around 4 a.m. The San Diego Police Department and San Diego Fire-Rescue Department reported that the crash caused flames to erupt, leading to the evacuation of about 100 Fire Chief Dan Eddy stated at a news conference that at least two people on the plane had died and that he did not expect any survivors. The Federal Aviation Administration later confirmed that six people were on the deceased was Dave Shapiro, 42, a music agent and pilot who co-founded Sound Talent Group. The company confirmed his death and said in a statement that it was "devastated by the loss of our co-founder, colleagues and friends."Daniel Williams, 39, a former drummer for the band The Devil Wears Prada, is also feared to have died in the crash. He had posted images of the plane on Instagram before the flight. His former band paid tribute on Facebook, writing, "No words. We owe you everything. Love you forever."Officials have not yet released the names of all the victims. Show more Tokyo, Japan: Congress leader Salman Khurshid, who is part of the JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha led delegation, says, " ...The future is unclear, both for us and for them. What are the steps that we need to take in the future? There is still something more that needs to be done by Pakistan to ensure that they can convince us that they now intend to do the right thing. We have only laid the ground for future cooperation that we can get from countries like Japan..." Grabbing her daughter's feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old's protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself. This isn't the first time Mayar has been in a Gaza hospital battling malnutrition, yet this 17-day stint is the longest. She has celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that means she can't eat gluten and requires special food. But there's little left for her to eat in the embattled enclave after 19 months of war and Israel's punishing blockade, and she can't digest what's available."She needs diapers, soy milk and she needs special food. This is not available because of border closures. If it's available, it is expensive, I can't afford it," her mother said as she sat next to Mayar at Nasser Hospital in Khan is among the more than 9,000 children who have been treated for malnutrition this year, according to the U.N. children's agency, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year. The high-level all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde participated in an interaction event with the Indian community in the UAE, where the members shared the 'New India' and the 'new normal' which has emerged after the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack and subsequent Operation Sindoor launched in the interaction event, BJD MP Sasmit Patra shared that Operation Sindoor highlighted India's response towards terrorism. He said, "We will ensure more than 100 terrorists die for what you're doing. This is the new India."Speaking about the all-party delegations going across the world to convey India's message, Sasmit Patra said, "This is the new India where we will not allow political differences that various political parties are sitting together but we're speaking one language, one voice, one thought and one idea- India".He added that India is going around the world to take the message across. He said that India is showcasing the truth and "...we are going to speak it face to face across the table... within the last 30 days, so much has happened. I'm pretty sure in the next 300 days, more things will happen. I can assure you of that." Walt Disney's movie studio has postponed the release of the next two installments in Marvel's blockbuster "Avengers" series, the company said on Thursday."Avengers: Doomsday" now will come out on December 18, 2026, about seven months later than its previous date of May 1. "Doomsday" will bring Robert Downey Jr. back to the franchise as the villain, Doctor also moved "Avengers: Secret Wars" to December 17, 2027 from May 2, 2027. The District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans celebrated the operation, in which 27 naxals were neutralised, including the general secretary of the banned Maoist organisation, the videos, the personnel were seen dancing and celebrating the operation's success among each other. Despite the rain, personnel enjoyed the splashes and danced to songs by playing with relatives of the DRG personnel welcomed them with arti and chanted "Bharat Mata ki Jai."The Inspector General (IG) of Bastar Range in Chhattisgarh, P Sundarraj, on Thursday said CPI (Maoist) general secretary Basavaraju, who was killed in an encounter on Wedenesday, had an active role in the planning of many Naxalite attacks on security forces and people's representatives, and termed his killing a great achievement in the anti-Naxal operation. The leaders from India's all-party delegation to Russia expressed their firm commitment to representing India's stance on fighting terrorism and hailed Russia's Party leader Rajeev Rai spoke to ANI and said, "Russia is our historical friend, standing by side in every situation... Pakistan poses a threat not only to India but to the whole world because there is no such terrorist incident in the world where the strings don't lead to Pakistan".Calling Russia a special friend of India, Rai said that the delegation has come with evidence. He added, "It is important for everyone to isolate Pakistan."While speaking to ANI, DMK MP Kanimozhi said, "We all know that Russia has been a strategic partner, and we've always worked together on diplomatic issues... The heads of our states have always worked together when it comes to important issues, whether it's of global importance or which is of interest to India and Russia. So it becomes very important at this point to reach out to Russia when we have been facing terror attacks time and again, and we've lost 26 lives in India."She shared that MPs from across the country and from different parties have been sent to represent India's stand against terrorism and explain our position to the world.
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Breaking News Live Updates: Pakistan poses threat not only to India but to the whole world: Rajeev Rai
23 May 2025 | 06:57:33 AM IST Breaking News Live Updates: The leaders from India's all-party delegation to Russia expressed their firm commitment to representing India's stance on fighting terrorism and hailed Russia's support. Breaking News Live Updates: The leaders from India's all-party delegation to Russia expressed their firm commitment to representing India's stance on fighting terrorism and hailed Russia's Party leader Rajeev Rai spoke to ANI and said, "Russia is our historical friend, standing by side in every situation... Pakistan poses a threat not only to India but to the whole world because there is no such terrorist incident in the world where the strings don't lead to Pakistan".Calling Russia a special friend of India, Rai said that the delegation has come with evidence. He added, "It is important for everyone to isolate Pakistan."While speaking to ANI, DMK MP Kanimozhi said, "We all know that Russia has been a strategic partner, and we've always worked together on diplomatic issues... The heads of our states have always worked together when it comes to important issues, whether it's of global importance or which is of interest to India and Russia. So it becomes very important at this point to reach out to Russia when we have been facing terror attacks time and again, and we've lost 26 lives in India."She shared that MPs from across the country and from different parties have been sent to represent India's stand against terrorism and explain our position to the world. Show more Grabbing her daughter's feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old's protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself. This isn't the first time Mayar has been in a Gaza hospital battling malnutrition, yet this 17-day stint is the longest. She has celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that means she can't eat gluten and requires special food. But there's little left for her to eat in the embattled enclave after 19 months of war and Israel's punishing blockade, and she can't digest what's available."She needs diapers, soy milk and she needs special food. This is not available because of border closures. If it's available, it is expensive, I can't afford it," her mother said as she sat next to Mayar at Nasser Hospital in Khan is among the more than 9,000 children who have been treated for malnutrition this year, according to the U.N. children's agency, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year. The high-level all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde participated in an interaction event with the Indian community in the UAE, where the members shared the 'New India' and the 'new normal' which has emerged after the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack and subsequent Operation Sindoor launched in the interaction event, BJD MP Sasmit Patra shared that Operation Sindoor highlighted India's response towards terrorism. He said, "We will ensure more than 100 terrorists die for what you're doing. This is the new India."Speaking about the all-party delegations going across the world to convey India's message, Sasmit Patra said, "This is the new India where we will not allow political differences that various political parties are sitting together but we're speaking one language, one voice, one thought and one idea- India".He added that India is going around the world to take the message across. He said that India is showcasing the truth and "...we are going to speak it face to face across the table... within the last 30 days, so much has happened. I'm pretty sure in the next 300 days, more things will happen. I can assure you of that." Walt Disney's movie studio has postponed the release of the next two installments in Marvel's blockbuster "Avengers" series, the company said on Thursday."Avengers: Doomsday" now will come out on December 18, 2026, about seven months later than its previous date of May 1. "Doomsday" will bring Robert Downey Jr. back to the franchise as the villain, Doctor also moved "Avengers: Secret Wars" to December 17, 2027 from May 2, 2027. The District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans celebrated the operation, in which 27 naxals were neutralised, including the general secretary of the banned Maoist organisation, the videos, the personnel were seen dancing and celebrating the operation's success among each other. Despite the rain, personnel enjoyed the splashes and danced to songs by playing with relatives of the DRG personnel welcomed them with arti and chanted "Bharat Mata ki Jai."The Inspector General (IG) of Bastar Range in Chhattisgarh, P Sundarraj, on Thursday said CPI (Maoist) general secretary Basavaraju, who was killed in an encounter on Wedenesday, had an active role in the planning of many Naxalite attacks on security forces and people's representatives, and termed his killing a great achievement in the anti-Naxal operation. The leaders from India's all-party delegation to Russia expressed their firm commitment to representing India's stance on fighting terrorism and hailed Russia's Party leader Rajeev Rai spoke to ANI and said, "Russia is our historical friend, standing by side in every situation... Pakistan poses a threat not only to India but to the whole world because there is no such terrorist incident in the world where the strings don't lead to Pakistan".Calling Russia a special friend of India, Rai said that the delegation has come with evidence. He added, "It is important for everyone to isolate Pakistan."While speaking to ANI, DMK MP Kanimozhi said, "We all know that Russia has been a strategic partner, and we've always worked together on diplomatic issues... The heads of our states have always worked together when it comes to important issues, whether it's of global importance or which is of interest to India and Russia. So it becomes very important at this point to reach out to Russia when we have been facing terror attacks time and again, and we've lost 26 lives in India."She shared that MPs from across the country and from different parties have been sent to represent India's stand against terrorism and explain our position to the world.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Gaza's main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Grabbing her daughter's feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old's protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself. This isn't the first time Mayar has been in a Gaza hospital battling malnutrition, yet this 17-day stint is the longest. She has celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that means she can't eat gluten and requires special food. But there's little left for her to eat in the embattled enclave after 19 months of war and Israel's punishing blockade, and she can't digest what's available. 'She needs diapers, soy milk and she needs special food. This is not available because of border closures. If it's available, it is expensive, I can't afford it,' her mother said as she sat next to Mayar at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Mayar is among the more than 9,000 children who have been treated for malnutrition this year, according to the U.N. children's agency, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year. Experts also warn the territory could plunge into famine if Israel doesn't stop its military campaign and fully lift its blockade — but the World Health Organization said last week that people are already starving. 'Everywhere you look, people are hungry. ... They point their fingers to their mouths showing that (they) need something to eat,' said Nestor Owomuhangi, the representative of the United Nations Population Fund for the Palestinian territories. 'The worst has already arrived in Gaza.' Israel eases blockade but little aid reaches Palestinians For more than two months, Israel has banned all food, medicine and other goods from entering the territory that is home to some 2 million Palestinians, as it carries out waves of airstrikes and ground operations. Palestinians in Gaza rely almost entirely on outside aid to survive because Israel's offensive has destroyed almost all the territory's food production capabilities. After weeks of insisting Gaza had enough food, Israel relented in the face of international pressure and began allowing dozens of humanitarian trucks into the territory this week — including some carrying baby food. 'Children are already dying from malnutrition and there are more babies in Gaza now who will be in mortal danger if they don't get fast access to the nutrition supplies needed to save their lives,' said Tess Ingram of the U.N. children's agency. But U.N. agencies say the amount is woefully insufficient, compared to around 600 trucks a day that entered during a recent ceasefire and that are necessary to meet basic needs. And they have struggled to retrieve the aid and distribute it, blaming complicated Israeli military procedures and the breakdown of law and order inside the territory. On Wednesday, a U.N. official said more than a dozen trucks arrived at warehouses in central Gaza. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. That appeared to be the first aid to actually reach a distribution point since the blockade was lifted. Israel accuses Hamas of siphoning off aid, without providing evidence, and plans to roll out a new aid distribution system within days. U.N. agencies and aid groups say the new system would fall far short of mounting needs, force much of the population to flee again in order to be closer to distribution sites, and violate humanitarian principles by forcing people to move to receive the aid rather than delivering it based on need to where people live. On top of not being able to find or afford the food that Mayar needs, her mother said chronic diarrhea linked to celiac disease has kept the child in and out of hospital all year. The toddler — whose two pigtails are brittle, a sign of malnutrition — weighs 7 kilograms (15 pounds), according to doctors. That's about half what healthy girl her age should. But it's getting harder to help her as supplies like baby formula are disappearing, say health staff. Hospitals are hanging by a thread, dealing with mass casualties from Israeli strikes. Packed hospital feeding centers are overwhelmed with patients. 'We have nothing at Nasser Hospital," said Dr. Ahmed al-Farrah, who said his emergency center for malnourished children is at full capacity. Supplies are running out, people are living off scraps, and the situation is catastrophic for babies and pregnant women, he said. Everything watered down to make it last In the feeding center of the hospital, malnourished mothers console their hungry children — some so frail their spines jut out of their skin, their legs swollen from lack food. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises, has warned that there could be some 71,000 cases of malnourished children between now and March. In addition, nearly 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women will need treatment for acute malnutrition in the coming months. Mai Namleh and her 18-month-old son, who live in a tent, are both malnourished. She wanted to wean him off of breastmilk because she barely has any, but she has so little else to give him. She gives him heavily watered-down formula to ration it, and sometimes offers him starch to quiet his hunger screams. 'I try to pass it for milk to stop him screaming,' she said of the formula. An aid group gave her around 30 packets of nutritional supplements, but they ran out in two days as she shared them with family and friends, she said. In another tent, Nouf al-Arja says she paid a fortune for a hard-to-find kilogram (about 2 pounds) of red lentils. The family cooks it with a lot of water so it lasts, unsure what they will eat next. The mother of four has lost 23 kilograms (50 pounds) and struggles to focus, saying she constantly feels dizzy. Both she and her 3-year-old daughter are malnourished, doctors said. She's worried her baby boy, born four months earlier and massively underweight, will suffer the same fate as she struggles to breastfeed. 'I keep looking for (infant food) .... so I can feed him. There is nothing," she said. ___ El Deeb reported from Beirut and Mednick from Tel Aviv, Israel. ___ Follow AP's war coverage at Mohammed Jahjouh, Wafaa Shurafa, Sarah El Deeb And Sam Mednick, The Associated Press
