Over 54,000 children in Gaza suffering from severe malnutrition – Middle East Monitor

More than 54,600 children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from severe malnutrition, according to a UN study published on Wednesday.

Between January 2024 and mid-August 2025, health teams from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) examined around 220,000 children to monitor malnutrition cases.

The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, estimated that more than 54,600 children in Gaza are suffering…