PALESTINE – Ongoing mass starvation in Gaza Strip have killed 9 in the last 24 hours, 2 of whom are children, according to medics on Friday.

The Gaza health ministry’s director general, Munir al-Bursh, said that the new deaths raise the total toll from starvation-related causes since Oct. 7, 2023, to 122, among them 83 children.

Gaza is currently experiencing one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in its history.

With humanitarian aid largely blocked, the spread of hunger and visible signs of acute malnutrition, especially among children and patients, are being reported across the territory.

Health facilities have warned of increasing deaths from preventable conditions due to lack of food, medicine, and fuel.