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‘Even newborns are emaciated’: Paediatrician at Kamal Adwan Hospital
Al Jazeera’s Anas Al-Sharif spoke to doctors at Kamal Adwan Hospital a few hours before the hospital ran out of fuel for its generators. Dr Hossam Abu Safia, the head of paediatrics at the hospital, said the hospital was admitting between 1,000 to 1,200 babies a day, compared with 500 to 600 per day previously.
“We notice that all patients are showing signs of paleness and weakness. Even newborns are emaciated,” he said.
“The majority of newborns we are treating today at the Kamal Adwan Hospital are without parents. They were referred to us by shelters or other hospitals, and they are without their mothers,” Abu Safia said.
He added that the hospital was struggling to find enough milk to give to the babies, even as many needed milk to help their immune systems recover. “Whatever milk we have is split equally amongst everyone, and this will definitely affect the babies’ weight and their daily progress,” he added.
Three more children die from malnutrition at north Gaza hospital: Director
The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital Ahmed al-Kahlout has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that seven children have now died at the hospital due to malnutrition. Earlier we reported that four children had died at the hospital in northern Gaza and that others were in critical condition, while the hospital has also run out of fuel to run its generators.
The Health Ministry in Gaza has also reported that two children have died of dehydration and malnutrition at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
This brings the total number of children that have reportedly died from malnutrition and dehydration in northern Gaza in the past day to nine.
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UK PM says Britain descending into ‘mob rule’ over Gaza tensions
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that “mob rule is replacing democratic rule” in the UK, as lawmakers face abuse for airing their views on Israel’s war on Gaza, leaving some fearing for their safety.
“We’ve got to collectively, all of us, change that urgently,” Sunak said at a meeting with police chiefs on Wednesday. “We simply cannot allow this pattern of increasingly violent and intimidatory behaviour which is, as far as anyone can see, intended to shout down free debate and stop elected representatives doing their job. That is simply undemocratic,” he added.
The UK’s Home Office, which is equivalent to an interior ministry, has announced that about 31 million British pounds ($39m) in extra funding will be provided to police to protect British lawmakers and other officials.
Protesters holding signs in front of the UK PM Rishi Sunak’s residence in London, England
Indonesian aid arrives in Gaza, volunteers say Israeli attacks curb distribution
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from the Indonesian charity MER-C (Medical Emergency Rescue Committee) have managed to enter the Gaza Strip, according to Indonesian volunteers working on the ground.
MER-C volunteers Fikri Rofiul Haq and Reza Aldilla Kurniawan received delivery of wheat flour and food packages and have distributed supplies in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, which has become the epicentre of Israel’s military offensive in the enclave. “Since Monday, we have received three deliveries including 1,500 sacks of wheat flour,” Haq told Al Jazeera.
Stocks of flour have been delivered to a number of refugee camps, but the Indonesian aid workers were unable to distribute food packages to all areas as Israeli bombardments have been “too intense”.
Gaza is in need of much more aid including tents and warm clothing, Haq said. “Getting aid through Egypt to Gaza takes quite a long time and is a very difficult process,” he said. “Many trucks have had many problems entering Gaza because they did not meet the Israeli government’s requirements, and many aid items have been damaged as a result of Israeli inspections,” he added.
Indonesia aid volunteer Reza Aldilla Kurniawan delivers food packages in Gaza earlier this week
