Occupation alters Gaza child starvation data
The article focused on the ongoing hunger and malnutrition crisis in the Gaza Strip despite the fragile improvement resulting from increased aid. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor explained that data shows a 0.5% rate of severe malnutrition among children based on a single indicator—weight-for-height—while the rate rises to approximately 1.3% when measuring arm circumference, meaning one child out of every 77 is affected. The data also indicate that stunting reaches 12.2%, a marker linked to chronic food deprivation. The monitor warned that emphasizing limited nutritional indicators may obscure the broader picture of the crisis, with expectations that severe food insecurity will persist for about 1.4 million people until the end of 2026, and that over 74,000 children will need treatment for severe malnutrition until April 2027. The report emphasizes that the deterioration of the food situation remains tied to aid disruptions and worsening humanitarian conditions. It also notes that the assessment of famine depends on multiple indicators, not solely malnutrition rates, warning that the danger of starvation will only end with the achievement of comprehensive food security.
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