Israel ‘Manufactured Malnutrition Crisis’ in Gaza, Affecting Babies, Pregnant Women - MSF
MSF said analysis of more than 200 mothers and newborns found higher prematurity, low birth weight and neonatal mortality linked to aid restrictions.
- Doctors Without Borders accused Israel on Thursday of deliberately restricting food and aid in Gaza, creating a manufactured malnutrition crisis with devastating impacts on infants and pregnant women.
- The Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation largely replaced UN aid distribution last year, with MSF emergency unit head Jose Mas describing the distribution points as 'militarised and deadly' during its operation.
- Examining data from Khan Yunis, MSF found 91 per cent of 513 infants under six months were at risk of poor growth and development; 3,336 pregnant and breastfeeding women were enrolled in therapeutic feeding programmes.
- Babies born to malnourished mothers faced severe complications: 90 per cent were born prematurely and 84 per cent had low birth weight, the analysis found, causing what MSF called 'devastating consequences' for maternal and newborn health.
- Despite a ceasefire in place since October 2025 after two years of conflict, MSF warned the situation remains 'extremely fragile' and called on Israeli authorities to allow immediate, unhindered entry of supplies into the Gaza Strip.
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Food shortages in Gaza are having a “devastating impact” on pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and newborns. This is written by Doctors…
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) accuses Israel on Thursday of deliberately restricting access to food and humanitarian aid in Gaza, causing an "artificial malnutrition crisis" with particularly devastating consequences for infants and pregnant and lactating women.
Israel ‘manufactured malnutrition crisis’ in Gaza, affecting babies, pregnant women - MSF
Doctors Without Borders accused Israel of having deliberately restricted food and aid in Gaza, creating a “manufactured malnutrition crisis” with particularly devastating impacts on infants and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Aid organization Doctors Without Borders calls on Israel to fully open its borders for humanitarian aid. International aid workers are still not allowed into Gaza.
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