Palestine’s Health Minister says 29 children, elderly people’s deaths were ‘starvation related’
5/22/2025 3:28:48 PM
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 total included elderly people as well as children.
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.”
“In the last couple of days, we lost 29 children,” he told reporters. He later clarified that the total included elderly people as well as children.
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.”