JAKARTA - The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that cases of malnutrition in Gaza, Palestine, experienced a surge. This spike is even already at an alarming rate, with higher deaths.
The 'malnutrition is on a dangerous path in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July,' WHO statement, on its official website, quoted on Monday, July 28, 2025.
WHO also revealed the status of people who died as a result of malnutrition in Gaza in the past month. One of them is that their bodies experienced drastic weight loss.
A total of 74 deaths related to malnutrition recorded in 2025 in Gaza, with 63 of them occurring this July. This figure consists of 24 toddlers, one child over the age of five, and 38 adults.
Most of these people were declared dead upon arrival at a health facility or died shortly after, their bodies showed clear signs of severe weight loss, "he explained.
With this worrying state of malnutrition, WHO is increasingly calling for efforts to deliver food supplies and other necessities to the people in Gaza. Israel itself has previously started a military operation hiatus that allows the United Nations and aid agencies to address the increasingly severe hunger crisis.
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This crisis is completely preventable. The intentional blocking and delays of large-scale food, health and humanitarian assistance have claimed many lives, "concluded WHO.
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