The number of deaths from starvation in the Gaza Strip has increased to 180

The total number of deaths from starvation amid the blockade of the Gaza Strip has increased to 180 people. This was announced on August 4 by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

"The total number of victims of hunger and malnutrition has reached 180 people, including 93 children," the department's Telegram channel says.

It is specified that over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has registered five deaths from hunger in local hospitals.

"We survive on a pot of lentils — and often not even that"

Gazans told Izvestia about ivs for starving children and shelling near humanitarian aid trucks.

On July 27, journalist Muhammad Mattar informed Izvestia about queues near a charity kitchen in the Gaza Strip. According to him, the food crisis in the region has worsened against the background of the closure of checkpoints, the shelling of the charity kitchen and its employees.

Prior to that, on July 25, The Jerusalem Post highlighted the problem of food insecurity in the Gaza Strip. According to them, despite this, Israel is trying to convince the UN to send 900 trucks with humanitarian aid to the enclave.

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