In a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, that five more civilians, including children, have died from severe hunger and malnutrition in the past 24 hours.
This brings the total number of hunger-related deaths to 404 since the war began — including 141 children — in what health officials and aid organizations are calling an unfolding famine.
Reports confirm that parts of Gaza City and Khan Younis are now classified as famine zones, while conditions are rapidly deteriorating in Deir al-Balah and southern areas of the Strip.
With ongoing restrictions on humanitarian aid and the collapse of food supply chains, hospitals and shelters are filled with heartbreaking scenes: starving children reduced to skin and bones, mothers too weak to stand, and elderly people dying without access to care.
International observers and humanitarian agencies warn that the crisis is not merely a consequence of war, but a deliberate famine — used as a weapon of war to exert pressure by depriving civilians of food, clean water, and medical support.
