JAKARTA - Palestinian Health Minister said 29 children and parents had died from hunger in Gaza in recent days and thousands more were threatened.
Food aid is expected to begin reaching Gazans on Thursday, May 22 after Israel allowed the first trucks to pass following an 11-week blockade. But Palestinian officials and aid said it was only a small part of what was needed.
"In recent days we have lost 29 children," Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan told reporters.
Recently, Majed Abu clarified that this number includes the elderly and children.
Israel imposed a blockade on all supplies in March, saying Hamas seized shipments for its fighters - accusations the group denies.
Earlier this month, global hunger monitors said half a million people in the Gaza Strip were facing starvation.
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Abu Ramadan said only seven or eight hospitals out of 36 hospitals in Gaza were partially functioning. While more than 90% of medical supplies are now empty due to the blockade.
"The information I got was very few shipments that entered Gaza - 90-100 trucks full and in the south and central regions," he said.
When asked if there was any medical supply among the shipments, Abu Ramadan dismissed it.
"As far as I know it's just flour for bakeries," he said.
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