Imagine these are your children. It is winter, their clothing is wet, their feet are without socks and shoes, and they have little to no food, or water, most of the time. These children are living in hell; death is knocking at the door. Yes, the world forgot about these children. The last 75 years the world looked the other way, while Israeli settlers stole their homes and land, while the 'IDF' looked on; land the people were living from. The Palestinian people (not animals as the ZIONISTS call them) are living in conditions that mirror the conditions experienced, by Jews, in German concentration camps. From my personal experience of WW II, the Palestinians have it far worse. The Germans slept in their beds; they had water and minimum food, and took shelter in reinforced cellars, to hide during heavy bombardments. All of these things, the Palestinians are lacking

"Displaced Palestinian children are seen in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, Feb. 19, 2024. (Reuters Photo)"

"Gaza faces child deaths 'explosion' due to malnutrition, diseases"

"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."

"Nearly 70% had had diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the assessment, marking a 23-fold increase compared to the 2022 baseline.

"Hunger and disease are a deadly combination," World Health Organization emergencies director Mike Ryan said in a statement.

"Hungry, weakened and deeply traumatized children are more likely to get sick, and children who are sick, especially with diarrhea, cannot absorb nutrients well," he said.

"It's dangerous, and tragic, and happening before our eyes.""

"The Oct. 7 Hamas incursion of southern Israel resulted in the deaths of about 1,160 people, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.

Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza has killed more than 29,000 people, mostly women and children, according to the Gazan Health Ministry.

Since the start of the war, Gaza has been plunged into a nutrition crisis, with outside aid severely restricted."

"The U.N. assessment indicated that more than 15% of children under the age of 2 in northern Gaza – one in six – were acutely malnourished, while 3% were suffering from life-threatening severe wasting.

"As the data were collected in January, the situation is likely to be even graver today," the U.N. agencies warned.

In southern Gaza, 5% of children under 2 were acutely malnourished, according to the assessment.

Before the war, only 0.8% of children under 5 in Gaza were considered acutely malnourished, the U.N. agencies pointed out.

"Such a decline in a population's nutritional status in three months is unprecedented globally," they said."

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/gaza-faces-child-deaths-explosion-due-to-malnutrition-diseases

The foregoing statistics tell that during, so called, normal times, in Gaza very few, if any, had sufficient food to be free of hunger. Almost one percent of them were acutely malnourished, i.e. these were starving. It is quite possible that these statistics were understated, knowingly or unknowingly. Also, most parents, naturally, eat less in order to provide more food for their children.

Pictures and videos of Gaza over the many years gave a different impression, we saw people living in abject misery, for as long as one can remember.