Tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip haven’t had nearly enough to eat, putting their young lives at grave risk.
A 20-month study of wasting among young children living in the Gaza Strip estimates that, in August this year, more than 54,600 children were acutely malnourished, with nearly 13,000 of them severely malnourished. The percentage of young children with malnutrition fluctuated from January 2024 to August 2025, increasing with war-induced restrictions on humanitarian aid, the United Nations–affiliated study team reports October 8 in the Lancet.
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