Atef Abu Khater, a Palestinian boy who was 17, starved to death in Gaza.
According to the reports, he did not have any previous health conditions, and he was struggling to find any food.
His family has said that he weighed around 25kg at the time of his death.
It is pertinent to mention that he was one of thousands of severe malnutrition cases throughout Gaza.
He arrived at the hospital in a very critical condition, suffering from severe complications due to a lack of food and medical care, before he passed away.
Almost 200 Palestinians starved to death
In the last 24 hours, at least seven Palestinians starved to death including him, and since the war, at least 169 Palestinians, including 93 children, have died of starvation and malnutrition across the territory.
Humanitarian groups say airdrops are dangerous and inefficient, and they have called on Israel to open up all the crossings into Gaza to allow assistance to flow freely to Palestinians in need.
A day earlier, it was reported that Gaza’s Government Media office said that only 73 aid trucks entered Gaza yesterday, far below the 500 to 600 that the UN estimates are needed to meet residents’ daily needs.
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In addition, most of the trucks were looted before their contents could be distributed, the office added, blaming Israel for “systematically and deliberately” enforcing the “security chaos”.
