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Health minister says deaths of 29 children and elderly people were ‘starvation related’
Palestine’s Health Minister Majid Abu Ramadan said 29 “starvation-related deaths” were registered in children and the elderly in Gaza in recent days and thousands more were at risk.
“In the last couple of days, we lost 29 children,” he told reporters. He later clarified that the figure included elderly people as well.
Asked to react to earlier comments by the UN aid chief that 14,000 babies could die without aid, he said: “The number 14,000 is very realistic – maybe even underestimating.”
Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Gaza City
‘No place is safe in Gaza’: UNRWA
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in a post on X stated that a health centre that provided care for thousands of people “is no longer operational” due to Israel’s bombardment of the facility.
This UNRWA Health Centre in #Gaza used to provide care for thousands of people. Bombardment has caused significant damage to the centre, which is no longer operational.
Over 19 months of war have shattered homes and infrastructure in Gaza. UN buildings have not been spared, the… pic.twitter.com/68f9ePiAeY
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) May 22, 2025
Gaza’s main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — 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.
Gaza ambulance fleet down to a third: PCRS
The head of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says its operations in Gaza may stop within days due to a lack of fresh supplies, and its ambulance fleet is running at only a third of capacity due to fuel shortages.
Flour and other aid began reaching some of Gaza’s most vulnerable areas today after Israel let some trucks through, but nowhere near enough to make up for shortages caused by an 11-week Israeli blockade, Palestinian officials said.
Asked how long his organisation could continue operating in Gaza, Palestine Red Crescent Society President Younis al-Khatib told reporters in Geneva: “It’s a matter of time. It could be days.
“We are running out of fuel. The capacity of ambulances we work with now is one-third,” he added, saying its petrol-powered ambulances had already halted, but it had some that were running on solar power provided by the United Nations.
Al-Khatib criticised the small amount of aid Israel has allowed into Gaza so far, warning of the risk of mob attacks. “I think that is an invitation for killing. These people are starving,” he said.
