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

DThe eighthists in Gaza warned that hundreds of babies were at risk of death, as the eightists in Gaza continue to restrict humanitarian aid that could enter the Israeli siege lane.

Head of Pediatry at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Ahmad Al-Farra said that his ward remains only one-week baby formula. The doctor is forced to use regular formulas between the special formula designed for premature infants.

“Currently, we have enough formula for about a week at the moment. But we also have babies outside the hospital without reaching the milk. This disaster, El El-Farra said by phone to Guardian.

Israel, except for a help of help to Palestinian territory, prevented them all, the baby formula shares decreased in Gaza. According to doctors, the controversial US-Israeli-backed private company Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) does not contain food aid does not contain a baby formula.

Hanaa Al-Taweel, a 27-year-old mother of five people living in the refugee camp in the al-Nuseirat, said that she could not breastfeed because she could not get enough to eat. He struggled to find a baby formula for his 13 -month -old child.

Al-Taweel, “since the birth of my son’s milk starting problem, malnutrition and general weakness I could not breastfeed my baby,” he said.

The doctors realized that his son suffered from dwarf due to malnutrition and that he had developed more slowly than other children who had already begun to talk and become old.

Orum I try to keep a small piece of bread with me while sleeping because he often wakes up to ask for food. I feel sadness and fear for my children, I am afraid of hunger, thirst and illness. ”

According to local health officials, the war in Gaza has already died of starvation since the war began in October 2023.

International Amnesty International accused Israel of using it as a war weapon against civilians in Gaza, which was a tactic aimed at yapmak genocide against the Palestinians ”.

Cogat, the Israeli Authority responsible for coordinating humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, said that the baby foods, including the formula, did not restrict the entry of the Gaza Strip. The agency added that more than 1,400 tons of baby food has been delivered to Gaza in recent weeks.

Doctors entering Gaza resorted to packing individual baby formula boxes in their personal luggage. At least once, Israeli officials have recently confiscated 10 boxes of baby formula from an American doctor who entered Gaza for a medical task in Gaza.

“Finally, they confiscated the entire baby formula that had formula especially for pre -period babies. What will the baby formula do against the security of the Israeli state?” He said, the Palestinian-German eye surgeon, Dr. Diana Nazzal, who helps the American doctor’s bags accept in an acceptable way for Israel’s border officials.

Nazzal added that many health personnel entering Gaza filled their bags with calorie intense foods such as protein sticks and hazelnut rather than medical materials.

As the hunger crisis in Gaza worsens, the baby formula became more critical, while the rest of the population experienced acute food insecurity, while approximately 500,000 people faced disaster hunger.

Mothers who seriously malnutate or killed themselves cannot breastfeed and create a higher need for the formula. In the parallel market, the less supply is, it has become extremely expensive, a box formula increases about 50-10 times the normal price.

Nourhan Barakat, a 25 -year -old displaced by Khan Younis, said, “I was able to breastfeed him for a month, but I could not continue because of the lack of food”. “I know that breastfeeding strengthens the bond between mother and child – but what can I do?”

In late June, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, General Manager of World Health Organization, said that approximately 112 children were admitted to hospitals for malnutrition treatment of Gaza. Malnutrition before the age of three can cause permanent developmental problems.

Al-Faraa, “This is targeted all generation. Memory problems, developmental delays will suffer from… And the problem is present, even if the damage is permanent,” he said.

Doctors said that babies’ deaths are a worrying sign of Gaza’s upcoming hunger crisis, because young children are the most vulnerable to the effects of malnutrition.

Dr. “When you see that babies are starting to die, panic and alarms should start to shine.

As Israel prevented them all, except for a few aid trucks entering the region, doctors accused Israel aid blockage for famine – well below what humanity said it was necessary to feed the population. The UN agencies say Gaza needs at least 500 trucks a day to meet the basic needs, but usually less than 50 are accepted.

What the UN aid provides is often confiscated by hungry crowds and armed gangs that start to loot from desperation.

If the Palestinians want to access the help given by GHF, they need to navigate a complex, constantly changing series of instructions that will line up in one of the four distribution sites. More than 500 people were shot and killed by Israeli forces last month.

Humanitarian groups condemned GHF, said he could be a criminal partner in war crimes and violated the basic principles of humanity. Previously, the LED assistance system in Gaza has maintained more than 400 aid distribution points along Gaza. The GHF said that more than 52 million food in five weeks and that other organizations çat desperately stopped as their help is looted ”.

Israel said that the UN system was exploited by Hamas for resignation by Hamas.

The war in Gaza has killed more than 56,000 people since October 7, 2023, and retaliation was held for the attack led by Hamas on the same day, which killed 1,200 people in Israel. Israel and Hamas pointed out that they have recently approached the US ceasefire of the US, but although there were important points of adhesion.

Meanwhile, doctors in the region say that time is exhausted. In You have to see the children coming, Al Al-Farra said. “They are only skin and bones. Terrible. The real solution war ends, to open the transitions and to allow the baby formula.”