His name is Mohammad Al-Motawaq. He is 18 months old. And he is starving in Gaza

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In a tent by the Mediterranean Sea, Hidaya Al-Motawaq cradles her crying baby boy and tries to offer what comfort she can. “Khalas,” she murmurs repeatedly. “Khalas, khalas.” Enough, that’s enough.

Mohammad is a year and a half old and nearly all bone. His eyes protrude, as does his swollen stomach. His spine is so sharp and so defined, it seems it might poke through his thin skin.

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This is just one family. Gaza has about 1 million children — about half the population. Doctors and aid workers warn chronic malnutrition is permanently damaging the health of children like Mohammad across the Gaza Strip.

“This war is targeting a generation, a generation of children who are below three years, because the central nervous system is nearly composed in [these] two, three years,” says Dr. Ahmed Al-Farrah, head of pediatrics at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza.

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https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/27/gaza-children-s-health-damaged-permanently-by-malnutrition-doctors-warn/