The Director-General of the organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated from its headquarters in Geneva that approximately 12,000 children under the age of five were diagnosed with acute malnutrition last month, marking the highest monthly figure recorded so far. He noted that about 2,500 of these children are suffering from critical cases of severe malnutrition, while 99 people have died since the beginning of the year until July 29, including 64 adults and 35 children, 29 of whom are under the age of five, according to ‘Times of Israel.’
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Palestinian territories, Rick Peeperkorn, confirmed via video call that the amount of food supplies remains insufficient to prevent the crisis from worsening. He called for ‘flooding the market,’ as he put it, with aid and providing a variety of food to meet the basic needs of the population.
In the first two weeks of July 2025, 56,000 children were examined, and it was found that 5,000 children suffer from acute malnutrition—nearly 9%, compared to 6% in a survey conducted in June 2025 and 2.4% in a survey conducted in February 2025 during the second ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian ‘Hamas’ movement.
It is noted that the humanitarian and food crisis in the Gaza Strip continues amid the blockade and the shortage of food and medical supplies, where severe famine intertwines with a genocide waged by Israel since October 7, 2023. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) had warned that malnutrition and famine among children under five in the Gaza Strip had doubled between March and June, due to the ongoing blockade.
