Gaza father grieving loss of child to malnutrition scrambles to save siblings

GAZA (Reuters) -Ibrahim al-Najjar said he lost his five-year-old son Naim to malnutrition that is ravaging Gaza. One year later, he is still grieving while scrambling to make sure his other children don’t suffer the same fate.

“This child will follow him,” the Palestinian former taxi driver said, pointing to his 10-year-old son Farah. “For about a month he’s been falling unconscious. This child was once double the size he is now.”

Najjar, 43, held up a medical certificate that shows Naim died…

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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

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