🚨 One of the world’s worst hunger crises is unfolding in real time. Because of the ongoing blockade, the entire 2.1 million population of Gaza is facing prolonged food shortages. 💔 The situation of hunger, acute malnutrition, starvation, illness and death is catastrophic. 🌀 People in Gaza are trapped in a dangerous cycle where malnutrition and disease fuel each other, turning everyday illness into a potential death sentence, particularly for children. Malnutrition weakens the bodies, making it harder to heal from injuries and fight off common communicable diseases like: 🔹 Diarrhoea 🔹 Pneumonia 🔹 Measles Since the aid blockade began on 2 March 2025: 👶🏽 57 children have reportedly died from the effects of malnutrition, but the number is likely to be an underestimate and is likely to increase. 🤰🏽 Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers are also at high risk of malnutrition, with nearly 17 000 expected to require treatment for acute malnutrition over the next eleven months. People are dying while WHO and partners’ life-saving medical supplies sit just outside Gaza – ready for deployment, with safeguards in place to ensure the aid reaches those who need it most in line with humanitarian principles. ‼️ WHO calls for the protection of health care and for an immediate end to the aid blockade, release of all hostages, and for a ceasefire, which leads to lasting peace. Read more about the situation in Gaza ➡️ https://bit.ly/4mxVHL1