WHO says 8,000 under-5s treated for malnutrition in Gaza

Gaza's government said that 15,694 children have been killed and 17,000 are without parents after 250 days of Israel's war on Gaza. WHO chief Tedros warns of “catastrophic hunger” in Gaza, with 8,000 children under five years old suffering acute malnutrition in the war-torn territory.

Tedros said the UN health agency and its partners had attempted to scale up nutrition services in the besieged Palestinian territory. However, due to insecurity and lack of access, only two stabilization centers for severely malnourished patients can currently operate, Tedros added.