Mothers and their babies face starvation in Gaza, where hospitals are overwhelmed

[David__77]

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Grabbing her daughter's feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old's protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself.

This isn't the first time Mayar has been in a Gaza hospital battling malnutrition, yet this 17-day stint is the longest. She has celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that means she can't eat gluten and requires special food. But there's little left for her to eat in the embattled enclave after 19 months of war and Israel's punishing blockade, and she can't digest what's available.

“She needs diapers, soy milk and she needs special food. This is not available because of border closures. If it's available, it is expensive, I can’t afford it,” her mother said as she sat next to Mayar, now exhausted from the screaming, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

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https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2025/05/22/gaza-malnutrition-food-aid-israel-blockade/stories/202505220076

[Bettie]

1. Seems like that is the plan

starve, bomb, and then send anyone who survives to....well, anywhere, to clear the land for whatever Netanyahu wants to do with it.

Of course, immediately afterward, they will begin ridding the West Bank of all Palestinians....but we can't call it ethnic cleansing, because....um, reasons.

After that? Who knows? Maybe he wants a chunk of Lebanon (all of it!)....maybe he wants some of Egypt...the options are endless for a guy trying to stay in power.

[Beastly Boy]

2. 100 truckloads of food and medical supplies are in Gaza.

Why aren't hospitals overwhelmed with receiving these supplies?

[yorkster]

3. I am very worried that Netanyahu's actions

in Gaza will not only mean more horror for the people of Gaza, but will also add to the rise in antisemitism and violence committed against Jews everywhere.

[David__77]

4. I can understand that concern.