Gaza, September 30 (QNA) – A child died Tuesday from malnutrition and famine in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll from famine and malnutrition to 453, including 150 children.

According to Palestinian medical sources, since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared famine in Gaza, 175 deaths have been recorded to date, including 35 children.

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are treating hundreds of people of all ages who are suffering from severe hunger and malnutrition, and are in a state of extreme stress.

The medical sources noted that 17,000 children are suffering from severe malnutrition, and that patients are being treated for stress and memory loss resulting from severe hunger. Hospitals lack sufficient beds and medications for the massive number of people suffering from severe malnutrition.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that malnutrition among children under the age of five doubled between March and June as a result of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

UNRWA indicated that its health centers and medical points conducted approximately 74,000 malnutrition tests for children during this period, identifying approximately 5,500 cases of global acute malnutrition and more than 800 cases of severe acute malnutrition. (QNA)