"Nine people, including two children, have been killed in the past 24 hours due to famine and malnutrition," said Mounir al-Barash, director general of the Ministry of Health.
He added that the total number of deaths due to famine and malnutrition since October 7, 2023, has risen to 122 Palestinians, including 83 children.
The Gaza Strip is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises in its history, with a severe famine intertwined with a genocidal war waged by Israel since October 7 , 2023.
With the complete closure of crossings and the ban on the entry of food and medicine since March 2, famine has spread throughout the Gaza Strip, and symptoms of severe malnutrition have appeared among children and patients.
Meanwhile, 12 Palestinians were killed and others injured on Friday in separate Israeli attacks targeting tents housing displaced persons, two civilian gatherings, and civilians waiting for aid in the Gaza Strip.
In the latest attack, five Palestinians, including a child, were killed and 10 others injured in an Israeli bombardment targeting the Cairo School, which houses thousands of displaced civilians in Gaza City.
This was preceded by the killing of two Palestinians and the wounding of three others in an airstrike targeting a civilian gathering in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of the city.
A Palestinian was also killed by Israeli occupation forces while waiting for aid north of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
In the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinians and injured several others after targeting a civilian gathering.
A Palestinian was killed and others were injured when an Israeli drone bombed a tent on the roof of Al-Rimal School, which was sheltering displaced people in the Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.
In this context, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday denounced the lack of "humanity" and "compassion" for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which is suffering not only from a humanitarian crisis but also from a "moral crisis that challenges the global conscience."
"I cannot explain the degree of indifference and inaction we see from so many in the international community. The lack of compassion. The lack of truth. The lack of humanity," he said in a video address to Amnesty International.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a war of genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
The genocide, with American support, left more than 203,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 9,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that claimed the lives of many.
