Yemen fighting displaces 71,000 children, worsens malnutrition: UNICEF
More than a quarter of the nearly 2,900 children screened by UNICEF in recent weeks were acutely malnourished.

More than a quarter of the nearly 2,900 children screened by UNICEF in recent weeks were acutely malnourished.

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![Maternal uncle of Bissan, who was evacuated as a premature baby during the two-year Israeli offensive for treatment in Egypt, plays with her after she returned to Gaza as her Palestinian mother Sundus al-Kurd reaches her arms out, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, March 31, 2026. [File: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/reuters_69e9bf3d-1776926525.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Most cases recorded by doctors among children aged between six months and five years.
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Newborn and Premature babies in Gaza are being forced to share oxygen masks, says UNICEF.
Epidemic being fuelled by availability of ultra-processed foods and aggressive market.

UNICEF says “famine is absolutely ravaging Gaza City.”
Israel has killed more than 18,000 children since the start of its genocidal war on Gaza.