Malnutrition rates are rising in Gaza and hunger could have long-term effects on “a whole generation”, the World Health Organization’s spokesman for the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Tuesday. The land. Israel has blocked the supply of goods to the area since early March, when it resumed its devastating military campaign against Hamas, while a global hunger monitoring organization called for the immediate release of all Palestinian prisoners. warned on Monday that half a million people face the risk of starvation. Rik Peeperkorn stated that he saw children in clinics who looked years younger than their age and that he visited a hospital in northern Gaza where 11% of the children examined suffered from acute hypotension. I’m not sure. The effects of starvation. “What we are seeing is a growing trend of generalized acid malnutrition”, Peeperkorn told a press conference via video link from Deir al-Balah. “I saw a five-year-old boy who you’d think was two and a half”. “Without adequate nutritious food, clean water and access to health care, an entire generation will be permanently damaged”, he said, warning of stunted development and cognitive disorders. I’m not sure. Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of causing the famine by stealing aid intended for the people of Gaza. However, the Palestinian organization denies the claim. Because of the blockade, WHO has only enough supplies to treat 500 children with acute malnutrition, a number that is only a fraction of what is needed, Peeperkorn said. Already, 55 children have died of hunger, he said, citing figures from the Gaza Health Ministry. Peeperkorn said he had seen many children in hospitals with diseases such as gastroenteritis and pneumonia, which, due to their reduced immunity associated with starvation, could prove fatal. “You don’t usually starve to death. You die from the diseases associated with it”, he said.