Hundreds of thousands of Gaza children face malnutrition risk, health official says

The Gaza health director on Tuesday said that some 320,000 children under the age of five in Gaza are at risk of acute malnutrition as a result of the Israeli blockade, Arab48 reported. 

The report also quoted the Director General of Pharmacy at the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, saying that severe medicine shortage is worsening the health crisis in Gaza. 

More than 62% of the medicines needed to serve about a quarter of a million people who frequent primary health care are not available in Gaza, the official said.