A newborn should be a reason to
celebrate.
But in this hospital in Gaza City, there
is no joy.
Nora is just a few weeks old.
Her grandmother took her to this
hospital because Norah's mother is too
malnourished to breastfeed her newborn
and too weak to sit by her side.
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The UN warns the shortage in baby
formula and food will push more children
into starvation. And relatives in this
hospital know if the mothers can't eat,
neither will their babies.
Famine has now been declared in Gaza
City where the Patients Friends
benevolent Society hospital is located.
Over the last 2 years, Gaza's health
care system has been destroyed by
Israeli bombardment
and the benevolent hospital was not
spared. Operating rooms, oxygen
stations, and electrical supplies have
been damaged repeatedly.
Israel's aid restrictions has also
resulted in severe shortage of
specialized milk and medical supplies.
Doctors at the benevolent hospital say
children are dying of malnutrition.
Jenna is 8 years old. Her malnutrition
is severe. Staff say she needs to be
evacuated for urgent care. Her
one-year-old sister, Julie, died at this
hospital because of hunger. Her mother
says, "I can't bear to lose my second
daughter."
Israeli authorities say they're not
restricting aid, but one in every 10
children in Gaza is malnourished.
Aid workers from Save the Children say
some mothers had zero access to food in
North Gaza.
>> They were taking desperate, desperate,
and dehumanizing measures to feed their
children because had no access to aid.
So, one mother was telling me how she
was feeding her children animal feed,
trying to make some sort of dough with
that animal feed to make bread that she
would cut up into pieces to feed her
four children.
If these children were growing up
elsewhere, they would be laughing and
playing with their friends. But instead,
they're struggling for every breath.