<article data-history-node-id="422151" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-warns-66000-gaza-children-face-severe-malnutrition-amid-israeli-aid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-warns-66000-gaza-children-face-severe-malnutrition-amid-israeli-aid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN warns 66,000 Gaza children face severe malnutrition amid Israeli aid blockade</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 66,000 children in Gaza now suffer from severe malnutrition due to Israel's two-month blockade of food and aid, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) agency reported on Tuesday.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>One meal every few days</strong>: Unrwa spokesperson Adnan Abu Hasna stated: "Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians eat one meal every two or three days."</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Famine deaths rise</strong>: Medical sources confirm at least 57 starvation-related deaths since October, with numbers expected to climb as crossings remain shut.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Aid distribution crisis</strong>: Israel's new plan to channel aid through private firms faces condemnation. The UN-led Humanitarian Team warns it "pushes civilians into military zones" and violates humanitarian principles.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>UN rejects compromised aid</strong>: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres insists the organisation will only support aid delivery adhering to "humanity, impartiality, independence, and neutrality."</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Death&nbsp;toll</strong>: Israeli on Gaza&nbsp;since 7 October 2023 has killed at least 52,567 Palestinians – mostly women and children – with thousands more trapped under rubble.</p> </li> </ul> <div alt="gaza" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f1e751cd-d411-4584-8c19-1a497623b16a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/palestine-gaza-food-aid-nuseirat-april-2025-eyad-baba-afp.jpg" width="1024" height="576" alt="gaza" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

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