Gaza running out of specialised food to save malnourished children

The Star

Dozens of people have starved to death in Gaza over the last few weeks as a wave of hunger crashes on the enclave, according to local health authorities.  United Nations and humanitarian agencies say the war-torn enclave is on the brink of running out of the specialised therapeutic food needed to save the lives of severely malnourished children.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:28If I had a heartache, I didn't have a heartache.

00:31If I had a heartache, I would have been able to get a heartache.

00:36There's someone who had a heartache.

00:39My life was difficult.

00:42I'm going to see my daughter in the house.

00:44I'm a young man, I haven't been able to get a heartache.

00:47We were able to get a heartache before I was little.

00:50I'm not able to offer them without a heartache or without a bumpers.

00:55because of the

00:59and this is the result of the

01:00children's

01:01health care

01:02and they have

01:03some of them

01:04and I also have a

01:0510-year-old

01:06children

01:07who are living

01:08and they are

01:09very good

01:10and they are

01:11very good

01:12and they are not able

01:13to offer them

01:14honey

01:15and they are

01:16even

01:17even

01:18sugar

01:19and sugar

01:20and they are not able

01:21to offer them

01:22aid and humanitarian supplies

01:27inside the Gaza Strip are running out

01:30UNICEF has already ran out of

01:33preventive

01:35nutritional supplies

01:37and now we are facing a dire situation

01:40that we are running out of

01:42therapeutic supplies

01:45we only have 3,000 cartons

01:47that's

01:48equivalent of treating only 3,000 children

01:51and that's really dangerous for children

01:54as they face hunger

01:55and malnutrition

01:56at the moment

01:57UNICEF has seen

01:58significant increase

01:59in the

02:00rates of malnutrition

02:01among children

02:02we've seen

02:03a higher number of

02:05admitted children

02:06to treatment

02:07in

02:08May, June

02:09and now July

02:10we reached

02:12a daily rate

02:14average rate

02:15of 200 children

02:17daily admitted to treatment

02:18and that's only the children

02:20that we were able to reach

02:21with

02:22testing and treatment

02:29we have here

02:30approximately

02:311,000

02:32trucks

02:33humanitarian aid

02:34that entered the

02:36Gaza site

02:37awaiting collection

02:38and distribution

02:39to the people of Gaza

02:40by the international community

02:41and by the organization

02:43that we are working with

02:45from the international community

02:46and by the organization

02:48that we are working with

02:50from the international community

02:52we operated

02:54in the last few weeks

02:56in order to improve

02:58the humanitarian system

03:00we increased the numbers

03:02of trucks

03:04we extended the operating hours

03:07of the crossings

03:08we coordinated

03:09a new few roads

03:11for aid

03:12like

03:13Murag Road

03:14the main issue

03:15or the main problem

03:16is the collection

03:18and the distributing issue

03:20and we encourage

03:21our friends

03:22and our colleagues

03:23from the international community

03:25to do

03:26the collection

03:27and to distribute it

03:28to distribute

03:29the humanitarian aid

03:30to the people of Gaza

03:32and to the international community

03:33to create

03:50the language

03:52and our friends

03:54are working

03:55to ensure that

03:56truly the international community

03:58is the originator

03:59of the international community

04:00and the international community

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