Richard Pipecohen, a member of the World Health Organization in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, said on the 5th that child malnutrition in the northern Gaza Strip is "extremely serious."
Pipecoen told reporters that about one in six children under the age of two in the northern Gaza Strip were already severely malnourished in January, and "the situation is only going to get worse."
According to the report of the health department of the Gaza Strip on the 5th, since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict in October last year, Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 30,631 people, more than 720,000 injured; Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours have resulted in a total of 97 deaths.
At present, the northern Gaza Strip is almost inclosed from the outside world, making it difficult for aid workers and journalists to enter, according to the report. The Gaza health department said on the 3rd that in the past few days, at least 15 children have died of malnutrition or dehydration in the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza City in northern Gaza City.
At present, a new round of ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip is being held in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) refused to negotiate face-to-face, with Egypt and Qatar "passing the word" between the two. Hopes for a six-week temporary ceasefire before Ramadan are now starting to fade.
Reuters quoted Hamas Basim Naeem as saying on the 5th that Hamas has proposed a ceasefire to the mediator and is currently waiting for a response from Israel. However, Israeli ** and sources said in recent days that Israel boycotted the current round of meetings because Hamas refused to hand over the full list of detainees who are still alive as demanded by the Israeli side. (END) (Zheng Haoning).