Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that 48 Palestinians, including 37 children, died of malnutrition in July 2025, bringing the total malnutrition deaths to 59 this year, up from 50 in 2024 and four in 2023, when Israel launched its military campaign against Hamas following the group’s October 7 attack. Since the war began, 113 Palestinians, 81 of them children, have succumbed to malnutrition, with a man and a woman dying on Wednesday at Al-Shifa Hospital, the ministry told The Associated Press.

Israel’s aid blockade, imposed on March 2, 2025, has intensified Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, with the United Nations World Food Programme warning that 100,000 women and children face famine-level starvation. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reports 470,000 people in catastrophic hunger, with 71,000 children and 17,000 mothers needing urgent malnutrition treatment. The International Rescue Committee noted a surge in children hospitalized for malnutrition, their immune systems collapsing, making them highly vulnerable to infections, according to acting director Scott Lea.

Hospitals like Al-Shifa and Nasser are overwhelmed, with 120 daily malnutrition cases, mostly children under five. The blockade has crippled aid delivery, with UNRWA reporting no food imports for over four months, leaving 116,000 metric tons of aid stuck at borders. Posts on X highlight desperate conditions, with families surviving on minimal food and skyrocketing prices. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International accuse Israel of using starvation as a weapon, potentially constituting war crimes.

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