{"id":301236,"date":"2025-08-18T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=301236"},"modified":"2025-08-16T11:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:09:08","slug":"malnutrition-deaths-mark-latest-in-the-war-on-children-in-gaza-unrwa-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/08\/malnutrition-deaths-mark-latest-in-the-war-on-children-in-gaza-unrwa-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Malnutrition Deaths Mark \u2018Latest in the War on Children\u2019 in Gaza: UNRWA Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An airdrop of humanitarian aid targets northern Gaza in late July.\u00a0 \u00a9 UNICEF<\/p><\/div>\n

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At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to underscore the need to speed up medical evacuations from the enclave while also allowing more food to enter.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

13 Aug 2025\u00a0<\/em>– These young deaths are \u201cthe latest in the war on children and childhood in Gaza,\u201d Philippe Lazzarini, head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA<\/a>, said in a tweet<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

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The toll also includes some 40,000 boys and girls reported killed or injured due to bombardment and airstrikes, at least 17,000 unaccompanied and separated children, and one million deeply traumatised youngsters who are not getting an education.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren are children,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one should stay silent when children die, or are brutally deprived of a future, wherever these children are<\/strong>, including in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

A sombre reunion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thousands of sick children in Gaza need urgent medical evacuation, according to UN aid coordination office OCHA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for the agency, recalled the moment she recognized a young girl requiring treatment in a Gaza hospital after a year\u2019s interval, once again suffering from malnourishment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remembered her long eyelashes,\u201d the veteran humanitarian told UN News<\/em>, describing seven-year-old Janah, who she came across at Gaza City\u2019s Patient Friendly Hospital on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time I met her was in the IMC Field Hospital in southern Gaza in April 2024. Back then, she was severely malnourished and was getting treatment. And she gradually became better and was released eventually and went home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seven-year-old Janah is treated at Gaza City\u2019s Patient Friendly Hospital.
\u00a9 UNOCHA\/Olga Cherevko<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Evacuation saves lives<\/strong><\/h2>\n

However, Janah was now back in hospital \u201cbecause the malnutrition became aggravated and the condition that she has also is not properly diagnosed and cannot be properly diagnosed<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The girl is on a list of people to be medically evacuated for treatment outside Gaza.\u00a0 The most recent evacuations took place on Wednesday when the World Health Organization (WHO<\/a>) supported<\/a> the transfer of 32 children and six adults to Italy, Belgium and T\u00fcrkiye, but more than 14,800 patients are still waiting.<\/p>\n

Ms. Cherevko stressed the importance of ensuring that evacuations continue to save as many lives as possible.<\/p>\n

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