India, Oct. 9 -- Summary A recent study published in The Lancet led by UNRWA and Johns Hopkins researchers reveals that nearly 55,000 children in Gaza are acutely malnourished due to Israeli restrictions on food, water, and medicine.

Nearly 220,000 children screened between January 2024 and August 2025.

15.8 per cent of preschool-aged children were acutely malnourished by August 2025.

Around 54,600 children require urgent treatment, including 12,800 severely wasted.

Highest rates recorded in Rafah (32 per cent) and Gaza City (30 per cent).

Sharp fluctuations in malnutrition linked to aid blockades and ceasefires.

A new study published in The Lancet on October 8, 2025 has found that nearly 55,000 children under the age of six in Gaza...