Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Gaza Children Starve as Blockade Halts Food, Medical Supplies
Many kids in Gaza are very sick because they don't have enough food.
Hospitals are full of children who are too weak to move.
Some kids have died because of this.
It's because not enough food and medicine can get into Gaza because of a blockade, a kind of wall, set up by Israel.
Doctors say they're running out of important supplies to help these kids.
Some people blame Hamas, but others, like the UN, say Israel should let more aid in to help.
Children in Gaza are dying from malnutrition due to the ongoing blockade.
Hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed with malnourished children, with some too weak to move or cry.
At least 48 people, including 20 children, died from malnutrition-related causes in three weeks.
Israel's blockade has severely restricted the entry of food, medicine, and supplies into Gaza.
Aid organizations and the UN state that Israel must allow more aid to enter freely.
- Who
- Children, adults, and medical staff are affected by the ongoing food and medical supply shortages.
- What
- Children and adults in Gaza are suffering and dying from malnutrition due to lack of food and medical supplies.
- When
- Deaths have been increasing in recent weeks, with a significant rise in mortality rates.
- Where
- Gaza, particularly in hospitals like Patient's Friends Hospital and in refugee camps.
- Why
- The situation is caused by Israel's blockade, restricting the entry of essential supplies.
Aid Organizations/UN
Israeli Government
Blame for the Crisis
Aid Organizations/UN
Israel should allow aid to enter Gaza freely to alleviate the humanitarian crisis.
Israeli Government
Israel blames Hamas for the shortages and disruption of aid distribution.
- Hospital Overload
- 200-300 malnourished children brought to Patient's Friends Hospital daily
- Deaths (3 weeks)
- At least 48 people (20 children, 28 adults)
- Deaths (previous 5 months)
- 10 children
- UN Report
- 21 children under 5 died related to malnutrition in 2025
- Aid Trucks per Day (needed)
- 500-600 trucks
- Aid Trucks per Day (allowed)
- ~69 trucks