Published: TUESDAY April 9, 2024: 'CATASTROPHIC Hunger In Gaza' by ZUMA Press award winning photo-journalist Saher Alghorra: Gaza's children are going hungry. More than 25 have reportedly died of complications linked to malnutrition, according to the World Health Organization. Hundreds of thousands more face starvation as Israel continues its siege. Doctors and nutrition experts say the children who survive the lack of nourishment, and the ongoing bombing are further condemned to face a lifetime of health woes. Even after war, hunger takes its toll, the children of Gaza will carry the marks of starvation as they grow into adulthood, limiting educational and workforce opportunities. Welcome to 'CATASTROPHIC Hunger In Gaza'
© zReportage.com Issue #934 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY April 9, 2024: 'CATASTROPHIC Hunger In Gaza' by ZUMA Press award winning photo-journalist Saher Alghorra: Gaza's children are going hungry. More than 25 have reportedly died of complications linked to malnutrition, according to the World Health Organization. Hundreds of thousands more face starvation as Israel continues its siege. Doctors and nutrition experts say the children who survive the lack of nourishment, and the ongoing bombing are further condemned to face a lifetime of health woes. Even after war, hunger takes its toll, the children of Gaza will carry the marks of starvation as they grow into adulthood, limiting educational and workforce opportunities. Welcome to 'CATASTROPHIC Hunger In Gaza'

Overwhelmed with grief, a Palestinian family bids farewell to a relative who was killed by the Israeli bombardment of the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip today. The family is inside the mortuary at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

Family members wait for news as the wounded are transferred to Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital, east of Rafah. Multiple Palestinians were killed and injured after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

Overwhelmed with grief, a Palestinian family bids farewell to their relatives who was killed by the Israeli bombardment of the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

Palestinians search through the rubble of a destroyed building. Multiple Palestinians were killed and injured after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. The wounded were transferred to Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital, east of Rafah.
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Residents stand amid rubble of a destroyed home after airstrikes. Multiple Palestinians were killed and injured after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. The wounded were transferred to Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital, east of Rafah Governorate.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

Injured Palestinian children are brought to Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital, east of Rafah Governorate. Multiple people were killed and injured after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

An injured Palestinian woman is taken to Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital, east of Rafah Governorate. Multiple Palestinians were killed and injured after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

Palestinians including many children, line up for a free meal at a camp in Rafah. International relief agencies say Gaza is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies as a result from the war that has been going on for four months between Israel and Hamas.
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A Palestinian man prepares large pots of food over open fires in Rafah. International relief agencies say Gaza is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies.
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Palestinians wait desperately for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, A 50 per cent reduction in aid entering war-torn Gaza in February has led to sharp increases in malnutrition, hunger and starvation.
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Displaced children stand in the doorway of their families tent. Palestinians suffer from the difficulties of life in temporary camps during poor weather. They face daily challenges due to the lack of food and materials due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
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Palestinians including many children wait for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip. International relief agencies say Gaza is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies as a result from the war that has been going on for two and a half months between Israel and Hamas.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

A displaced child stands beside a tent with clothes hanging to dry. Palestinians suffer from the difficulties of life in temporary camps during poor weather. They face daily challenges due to the lack of food and materials due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

Laundry hangs to dry in a partially destroyed building, missing complete walls, after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

A Palestinian boy sits barefoot while playing near a makeshift tent that was put up in the shadow of a building that was destroyed during an Israeli attack.
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ABDUL RAHMAN AL-HELOU, an 11-year-old Palestinian child, decorates the shelter tent to which he and his family were displaced. He is trying to create an atmosphere of joy and happiness, as was the case in the previous Ramadan before the war.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire

Ambulance crews of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, in coordination with OCHA and the UN, evacuate 24 wounded from the besieged Al-Amal Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis to Al-Quds Field Hospital in Rafah.
© Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire