‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

[bannork]

In the wake of Donald Trump’s extraordinary outburst of profanity outside the White House, a fragile US-brokered truce between Israel and Iran appears to be tentatively holding.

 

In recent days, this has been accompanied by a flurry of messaging from Israel that this cessation of hostilities is just the start.

 

Benjamin Netanyahu, in a brief but emphatic video on Thursday, insisted that after Israel achieved “a great victory” over its staunchest foe, a new opportunity had opened up for a “dramatic expansion of peace agreements”.

 

What next for Gaza as Israel’s shaky truce with Iran holds?

 

MOD EDIT: @bannork your spun text quotes misrepresented the article in a highly dishonest and misleading manner. This needs to stop now. Original article quotes have now been placed,

 

[Mike_Hunt]

Pity.

[bannork]

Israel's military has ordered Palestinians to evacuate from parts of northern Gaza, warning of intense and imminent action there.

 

Posting on X, a spokesman for the IDF told people to head south, where dozens of people have been killed in weekend airstrikes.

 

Shaina Low, of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told DW that people can't travel the route ordered by the Israeli army. 

 

Israel orders Palestinians to leave northern Gaza | Watch

[bannork]

For the beleaguered staff of Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, one new casualty brought into the emergency department last week posed a particular challenge.

 

He had been wounded moments earlier in the southern Gaza city while fighting in a battle between rival armed gangs over hundreds of valuable sacks of flours stripped from aid convoys and, within an hour of his arrival, men with assault rifles had invaded the hospital.

 

They roughed up medical staff, smashed equipment and set fire to vehicles. 

 

‘Post-apocalyptic’: medical staff struggle as gangs fight over aid supplies in Gaza

 

Please read the whole article to get a sense of the apocalypse Gaza has become.

[bannork]

At least 66 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition since Israel launched a war and blockade on the territory over 20 months ago, local authorities say.

 

Doctors describe newborns wasting away for lack of formula and medical nutrition while families scavenge for any type of milk – none of it suitable for infants.

 

At the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Dr Ahmad al-Fara, neonatal department head, moves between incubators trying to keep babies alive with dwindling supplies. 

 

Starvation crisis caused by Israeli war and aid blockade kills at least 66 children in Gaza

[DrJack54]

Trolling post removed

[bannork]

Doctors in Gaza have warned that hundreds of babies are at risk of death amid a critical shortage of baby milk, as Israel continues to restrict the humanitarian aid that can enter the beleaguered strip.

 

Dr Ahmad al-Farra, the head of paediatrics at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, said his ward had only about a week’s worth of infant formula remaining. 

 

“I can’t begin to describe how bad things are. Right now, we have enough formula for about one week. But we also have infants outside the hospital without any access to milk. It’s catastrophic,” al-Farra told the Guardian over the phone.

 

‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

 

[JAG]

There is certainly an urgent need for baby formula. Are the Israelis preventing its supply (which I doubt), or is Hamas controlling its distribution once inside Gaza?

 

I understand that there is also a grave shortage of heavy grade PVC pipe, and fertilizer - so useful for so many things!

[Bkk Brian]

2 hours ago, JAG said:

There is certainly an urgent need for baby formula. Are the Israelis preventing its supply (which I doubt), or is Hamas controlling its distribution once inside Gaza?

 

I understand that there is also a grave shortage of heavy grade PVC pipe, and fertilizer - so useful for so many things!

The source is important and its only from one "Dr Ahmad al-Farra" from Nasser Hospital.

 

This is the vary same hospital where nearly 30 hostages including children were held for weeks in rooms there as revealed by the hostages themselves. To even contemplate that he was unaware of this would be pure ignorance.

 

He's echoing one of the UN leading officials when he made the false claim that 14,000 babies could die within 48 hours. 

 

Pure propaganda from the Hamas playbook.

 

"They spent the weeks in a room on the hospital’s first floor. Stacked boxes separated the hostage section from the rest of the floor, Sharon said. She described sleeping with the girls on a small bed, using a bloodstained pillow. At one point, she said, 12 hostages were packed in the room. Nearby, they learned, were two additional rooms of captives, nearly 30 in total."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-freed-israeli-hostage-relives-horrors-of-captivity-and-fears-for-her-husband-still-held-captive-in-gaza

 

Of course the shills and Hamas will deny this even when the hostages themselves prove it as fact.

 

Israel said it launched a "precise and limited mission" at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, adding it had intelligence that Hamas had held hostages there.

Hamas dismissed the claim as "lies".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68304979

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/families-sent-medications-for-hostages-gazan-children-in-eu-aid-shipment-report/

[Chomper Higgot]

The symptoms of malnutrition are well known.

 

Provide access to independent medical teams to determine if this report is accurate and if correct to recommend actions to alleviate the situation.

[Bkk Brian]

On 7/6/2025 at 12:03 PM, Chomper Higgot said:

The symptoms of malnutrition are well known.

 

Provide access to independent medical teams to determine if this report is accurate and if correct to recommend actions to alleviate the situation.

 

You really do not know a lot about this topic do you. There are independent medical teams in Gaza,  Médecins Sans Frontières & Red Cross, among others, and there has been no verification of babies dying from starvation or running out or suffering from malnutrition due to insufficient food at Nasser where MSF have been regularly, you can stop with the deflection now or do some research before you make pointless suggestions. There have been food and aid deliveries entering Gaza for weeks from GHF, UN and WFP.

 

What has been verified in Nasser are hostages being held and Hamas terrorists using it as a human shield for their war crimes

[bannork]

The number of malnourished children in the Gaza strip is rising at an alarming rate.

 

According to the United Nations, over 5,000 children were admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition in May alone, a near 50 per cent increase from April.

 

Displacement orders and bombardments in the Palestinian enclave from Israel have damaged health centres, water and sanitation, hampering efforts to treat those with malnutrition.

 

‘It’s a war crime’: Babies dying amid lack of milk in Gaza | Watch

[coolcarer]

5 minutes ago, bannork said:

The number of malnourished children in the Gaza strip is rising at an alarming rate.

 

According to the United Nations, over 5,000 children were admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition in May alone, a near 50 per cent increase from April.

 

Displacement orders and bombardments in the Palestinian enclave from Israel have damaged health centres, water and sanitation, hampering efforts to treat those with malnutrition.

 

‘It’s a war crime’: Babies dying amid lack of milk in Gaza | Watch

Last month the UN said 14,000 babies may die within 48 hours. Which official from the UN is making this latest claim?

[Bkk Brian]

This is a great example of how misinformation shifts public opinion.

 

Here’s COGAT’s official response to the accusation: 
Contrary to the claims made, the State of Israel does not prevent or restrict the entry of baby food, including infant formula and milk substitutes, as part of the humanitarian aid delivered to the Gaza Strip.

It is important to emphasize that despite recent allegations, over 1,400 tons of baby food have been transferred through the crossings in recent weeks, in accordance with requests from international aid organizations and following thorough security inspection.

 

[bannork]

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned that the population in the heavily embattled Gaza Strip is increasingly suffering from hunger.

 

Teams on the ground have observed "a sharp and unprecedented rise in acute malnutrition among people in Gaza," the organization said.

 

In its two health centres in Gaza City and the coastal town of Al-Mawasi, more than 700 pregnant and breastfeeding women and almost 500 children with severe and moderate malnutrition are currently receiving outpatient treatment.

 

MSF doctors warn of sharp rise in malnutrition in Gaza Strip

[Yagoda]

On 7/11/2025 at 5:04 PM, bannork said:

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned that the population in the heavily embattled Gaza Strip is increasingly suffering from hunger.

Surrender then.

 

Folks that celebrate baby raping show phoney concern for kids.

[bannork]

The UN reported Tuesday that the rate of malnutrition among children in the Gaza Strip has doubled since Israel severely restricted food entry in March.

 

According to the UNRWA, the main UN agency caring for Palestinians in Gaza, some 10.2% of nearly 16,000 children under age 5 who were screened at UN clinics in June were found to be acutely malnourished.

 

By comparison, in March, 5.5% of the nearly 15,000 children it screened were malnourished.

 

UN finds child malnutrition rates have doubled in Gaza since March

[MalcolmB]

On 6/30/2025 at 3:44 AM, bannork said:

At least 66 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition since Israel launched a war

And hundreds more because of lack of medical supplies.

The cruelest thing I have seen in my lifetime.

The Israelis should be ashamed of themselves.

 

The kids that don’t die from starvation will be affected for life because of the lack of nutrition.

[MalcolmB]

4 minutes ago, bannork said:

By comparison, in March, 5.5% of the nearly 15,000 children it screened were malnourished.

Cruel people.

[MalcolmB]

On 7/13/2025 at 6:30 PM, Yagoda said:

Surrender then.

How exactly does a starving kid whose both parents have been killed surrender?

[Yagoda]

23 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

How exactly does a starving kid whose both parents have been killed surrender?

By putting his hands in the air, walking up the IDF, and dropping a dime on his cousins who are holding a hostage in the basement

[Chomper Higgot]

5 hours ago, Yagoda said:

By putting his hands in the air, walking up the IDF, and dropping a dime on his cousins who are holding a hostage in the basement

Like this?:

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna135419

[Yagoda]

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Like this?:

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna135419

Where are the pictures of the perps?. Hamas wouldnt hesitiate to shoot traitors and slaughter their families and children.

 

You love terrorists.

[Chomper Higgot]

12 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Where are the pictures of the perps?. Hamas wouldnt hesitiate to shoot traitors and slaughter their families and children.

 

You love terrorists.

Yet more trolling nonsense.

 

 

[Packer]

Just more Israeli war crimes and systematic crimes against humanity. 😞

[Chomper Higgot]

31 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Why is any reply you don’t agree with considered trolling?

 

Are you stumped for a reply?

 

The post ignores the report I linked and includes the trolling statement ’You love terrorists’.

I’m sure the troll appreciates your support but you’re not actually helping him out.

 

 

 

[Yagoda]

7 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Yet more trolling nonsense.

 

 

What part of the video shows IDF forces?

[Cameroni]

On 7/16/2025 at 9:56 AM, MalcolmB said:

The cruelest thing I have seen in my lifetime.

 

Israel is out of control. Video of children in Gaza who went to collect food being killed is everywhere today.

 

Israel has to be punished for its actions.

[Chomper Higgot]

6 hours ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

So now he’s a troll because you disagree.

 

Standard liberal logic.

I provided my logic.

 

You’ve provided zilch.

[Chomper Higgot]

20 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

What exactly did you prove?

 

Am I trolling???

 

Two of the looney lefties most famous words when they have no legitimate reply.  Trolling and Baiting!  And we can’t forget the dreaded January 6th.

 

To be fair, it’s not only you.  Cheer up.

And yet here you are offering nothing but your thoughts on trolling and baiting.