DaysofPal- Deaths from malnutrition and hunger in the Gaza Strip have skyrocketed, increasing 35-fold since 2023, according to a new report by the Government Media Office in Gaza.
The figures shed light on a deepening humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Israeli blockade and ongoing genocide, which has now lasted nearly two years.
In a statement issued late Thursday, the office revealed that the number of deaths from malnutrition rose from just 4 deaths in 2023 to 50 in 2024 and an alarming 143 so far in 2025, bringing the total to 197 deaths, most of whom are children.
The report confirmed that 96 of the victims were children, while 101 were adults, as famine tightened its grip on the besieged population.
The numbers point to a health crisis spiraling out of control, with starvation being used as a weapon by the Israeli occupation amid ongoing genocide.
The World Health Organization (WHO) echoed these warnings, stating that hunger-related deaths are rising at a “deeply concerning” rate.
“Malnutrition is widespread in Gaza, and hunger-related deaths are increasing, raising serious concerns among the international community,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a Thursday press conference.
According to the WHO, nearly 12,000 children under the age of five were diagnosed with acute malnutrition in July alone, putting them at severe risk of death or irreversible health damage. The situation is exacerbated by the collapse of Gaza’s health sector, which is grappling with critical shortages of medicine, fuel, and medical supplies amid near-total destruction and constant bombardment.
The WHO urgently called for the immediate reopening of border crossings and unhindered humanitarian access, stressing that international action is needed now to save lives.
The United Nations added that hundreds of trucks carrying food, medicine, and essentials must enter Gaza daily to begin reversing the effects of famine.
Despite limited aid being allowed in recent weeks under mounting global pressure, the Israeli occupation has reportedly facilitated the looting of aid trucks and protected such actions, worsening the crisis on the ground.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation has been carrying out a campaign of what rights groups and legal experts have called genocide against the Palestinian population of Gaza. Over the past 672 days, the onslaught has killed 61,258 Palestinians, injured 152,045, and left more than 9,000 missing. The majority of the victims are women and children.
In addition to relentless bombings, the Israeli occupation has imposed a suffocating blockade that has pushed Gaza into famine, forced mass displacement, and triggered the collapse of critical infrastructure. Even civilians lining up for food near so-called “aid centers” have been routinely targeted by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes.
As the death toll mounts and starvation spreads, calls are growing for urgent, decisive international intervention, not just to deliver aid, but to stop what Palestinians and global observers alike describe as a deliberate, systematic extermination of a people under siege.
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