Famine in Gaza as children denied nourishing food supplements

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GAZA CITY/GENEVA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation, according to aid agencies, malnutrition experts and the United Nations.

 

After a global outcry at Israel severely restricting aid from March, its military began allowing more food into Gaza in late July.  But volumes are too small and distribution too chaotic to stop more people becoming malnourished, while those who are already starving or vulnerable are not getting life-saving supplements, three hunger experts and aid workers from six agencies told Reuters. 

 

 In just the first 20 days of August, there were 133 deaths, including 25 under 18s, the ministry said on Wednesday.  

  

Famine plays out in Gaza as children denied nourishing food supplements

 

1. Palestinian doctor Ahmed Basal examines a child for malnutrition at Al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City, August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

 

2. Aisha Wahdan, mother of 8-month-old Hatem, who is being treated for malnutrition, feeds him milk at Al-Rantisi Hospital, amid severe shortages of infant formula, in Gaza City, August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

 

3. Aisha Wahdan, mother of 8-month-old Hatem, who is being treated for malnutrition, feeds him milk at Al-Rantisi Hospital, amid severe shortages of infant formula, in Gaza City, August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas