UN agency chief warns about deepening child hunger crisis in Gaza – Middle East Monitor

A growing child hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip is “engineered,” according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, who issued a stark warning Tuesday about the catastrophic levels of malnutrition affecting children in the besieged territory, Anadolu reports.

“One in 10 children screened in UNRWA medical facilities is malnourished,” Lazzarini wrote on X. “Malnutrition among children in Gaza has increased…