Gaza City, January 4 (RHC)-- Palestinian authorities warn that at least 3,500 children are at risk of death due to severe malnutrition. Twenty-two percent of Gaza’s population is currently facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. 

One displaced mother of a sick baby, Misk al-Madhoun, said her child was being treated at a United Nations facility in Deir al-Balah.  She said:  “The reason behind my daughter’s condition is displacement.  We fled from the north to Rafah and then to Deir al-Balah, where we lived in a tent.  My daughter’s fever would reach 40 degrees daily.  We took her to the American Hospital every day because of the fever, and they would prescribe paracetamol before sending us away.  Her malnutrition worsened due to prolonged displacement, lack of food, and financial hardship since my husband’s work stopped during the war.”

[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]