Tel Aviv, July 24 -- Gaza's health ministry has said 48 Palestinians have died of malnutrition this past month, adding that 59 Palestinians died of malnutrition so far in 2025, up from 50 in 2024, and four in 2023 when Israel started its war against the Hamas militant group in Gaza after its rampage in southern Israel on October 7.

In the most recent cases, a man and a woman died of malnutrition on Wednesday, the Shifa Hospital told The Associated Press. Of the 113 that died of malnutrition in Gaza since 2023, 81 were children, Gaza's Health Ministry said.

Since Israel's aid blockade in March, Gaza's humanitarian situation has become dire, alarming international organisations. The United Nations World Food Programme has said 1,00,000 wo...