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[Khames Alrefi - Anadolu Agency]) Starving Palestinians including women and children holding pots wait to receive food distributed by a charity organization as Israel continue to block humanitarian aid from reaching the Gaza Strip on August 10, 2025. [Khames Alrefi – Anadolu Agency] At least 466 Palestinians, including 157 children, have died from malnutrition and starvation since 2024, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Friday,Anadolu reports. The figures were released on World Food Day, observed annually on Oct. 16. At least 189 elderly people died of starvation, representing 40.5% of the deaths, it said. In August 2025, the UN declared famine in Gaza. More than 1.4 million people are expected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse through the end of 2026, the ministry added. Starvation as a weapon Israeli authorities have used starvation as a weapon during the genocide in Gaza since October 2023, according to Palestinian government bodies and rights organizations. Israel tightened restrictions on crossings in March 2025, preventing thousands of aid trucks waiting at border crossings from entering the enclave. The restrictions followed widespread hunger in northern Gaza caused by the blockade and limits on food and relief supplies, forcing some residents to eat animal feed and wild plants. In late May 2025, Israel allowed 87 aid trucks to enter Gaza for the first time after 81 days, according to Gaza’s government media office. Aid later continued to enter on a limited and intermittent basis under strict restrictions until February 2026, when Israel allowed a limited increase in the number of trucks entering the enclave under a ceasefire agreement. Palestinian officials said the shipments still lacked sufficient quantities of essential food items. According to Gaza’s government media office, Israel has allowed in only about 34% of the humanitarian aid trucks agreed upon. OPINION: (https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261015-the-ceasefire-that-keeps-killing-children-gaza-one-year-on/) The ceasefire that keeps killing children: Gaza one year on Malnutrition reaches ‘catastrophic levels’ “Malnutrition and starvation rates in Gaza have reached catastrophic levels that are killing children, the elderly and vulnerable groups,” the Health Ministry said. More than 1.4 million Palestinians, around 67% of Gaza’s population, are expected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse through the end of 2026. More than 158,000 cases of acute malnutrition were recorded among children under 5 from 2024 through August 2026, the ministry added. Of them, 18% of children were suffering from severe acute malnutrition that threatened their lives, while 12.2% of children were affected by stunting, indicating the impact of food shortages on their development. The mortality rate among children under 5 rose from 13.6 to 33.4 deaths per 1,000 live births between 2022 and 2025, the ministry said. It estimated that 74,200 children will need treatment for acute malnutrition through April 2027. Pregnant women Among pregnant women, the ministry said the prevalence of anemia rose to 61% in 2026, compared with 41% before the war. “Around 4,000 pregnancy losses were recorded during the first half of 2026, more than three times the number recorded during the previous six months,” it added. “One in three pregnancies in Gaza is now classified as high-risk,” the ministry continued. “The figures show that the health consequences of the food crisis are increasingly affecting mothers and unborn children, in addition to children,” it said. Calls for urgent international action “The right to food is a fundamental human right that does not cease to exist during war,” the ministry said. It called on the international community and the UN to take immediate action to ensure the safe, sustained and unrestricted entry of food, therapeutic nutritional supplements and medicines into Gaza. The ministry urged that children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and the elderly be given priority as the groups most vulnerable to malnutrition. It also called for support to revive local food production to help curb the worsening humanitarian crisis. The figures come amid the humanitarian consequences of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which has caused widespread destruction to infrastructure, health facilities and food production sources. The war has also damaged farmland, food production facilities and water networks, undermining residents’ ability to meet their basic needs locally. 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