The death toll from hunger in Gaza has risen to 393 people.

The death toll from hunger in the Gaza Strip has increased to 393 people over the past day, including 140 children. This was announced on August 8 by the press service of the enclave's Ministry of Health.

"The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip has recorded six deaths from hunger and malnutrition in the last 24 hours, including two deaths of children. Thus, the total number of deaths from malnutrition has reached 393, including 140 children," the department's Telegram channel says.

"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 August 22, the United Nations declared a catastrophic famine in the Gaza Strip for the first time. This corresponds to the famine of the fifth phase according to the classification of phases of food security (IPC). The UN called the proposed definition of the situation plausible. On the same day, the Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected the organization's report and called it fabricated.

Earlier, on August 21, the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip reported 271 deaths from starvation. It was clarified that 112 children were among the dead. The number of injured in hospitals exceeded 2 thousand people. Prior to that, on August 4, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk reported that Israel's refusal to provide citizens of the Gaza Strip with access to food could be qualified as a crime against humanity.

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