from Daily Sabah
The Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip is facing an explosion in child deaths over an alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition and the rampant spread of disease, multiple UN agencies warned Monday.
Nearly 20 weeks into Israel's war on the Palestinian territory, U.N. agencies warned that food and safe water had become "incredibly scarce," adding that virtually all young children had infectious illnesses.
"The Gaza Strip is poised to witness an explosion in preventable child deaths which would compound the already unbearable level of child deaths in Gaza," said Ted Chaiban, deputy head of humanitarian action at the U.N. children's agency UNICEF.
At least 90% of children under 5 in Gaza are affected by one or more infectious diseases, according to a joint assessment by the U.N. agencies for children, food and health...
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