This is the reality for children in Gaza: If they survive the bombs, they are often left wounded, traumatized, or buried under the rubble of their own homes. They grow up not with toys, but with the sounds of drones and airstrikes. This is not a childhood. It’s a daily fight to stay alive.

A Palestinian woman sifting through the rubble, gathering scraps of flour mixed with dirt to feed her hungry children... a scene that epitomizes the scale of the famine in Gaza.

Famine in Gaza has entered a far more alarming phase. Deaths are no longer limited to children with chronic illnesses or disabilities — now, even previously healthy children are dying. These children had no underlying medical conditions; their only affliction was severe malnutrition, driven by the ongoing blockade and the closure of border crossings.