The Director General of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Munir al-Barsh, confirmed a severe outbreak of anemia in the Gaza Strip, noting that 82% of children under one year old are affected.
He stated that these figures pose a significant threat to children, especially given the Israeli occupation’s prevention of the delivery of essential medicines for childhood development, which threatens to create a generation with birth defects.
He added that 156 cases of birth defects have been recorded since the beginning of the war, along with a 40% decrease in the birth rate compared to pre-war levels.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation, with American and European support, has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, including killing, starvation, destruction, displacement, and arbitrary arrests, ignoring international appeals and orders from the International Court of Justice to cease its actions.
