453 Palestinians killed by starvation in Gaza, health ministry says

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza on Tuesday said that it has recorded 453 deaths linked to “famine and malnutrition”, including 150 children, since 7 October 2023, when Israel started its genocidal war in Gaza. 

The health ministry said that it is facing “catastrophic challenges" due to the worsening crisis of shortages of medicines and medical supplies.

Israel’s “intransigence in undermining the arrival of emergency medical supplies to hospitals increases the complications of the health situation of patients and the wounded”, the ministry warned.