A total of 185 people in Gaza died “due to malnutrition” in August, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, as an additional 13 people, including three children, have died in 24 hours since then as the catastrophic effects of Israeli-induced famine in the enclave worsen.
The statement issued on Tuesday said more than 83 people, including 15 children, had died since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a United Nations-backed global hunger-monitoring system, declared last month that parts of Gaza were undergoing a full-blown famine.
At least 78 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn on Tuesday, among them 42 in Gaza City alone, medical sources told Al Jazeera. Among the killed, 20 were aid seekers situated in central and southern Gaza.
The International Association of Genocide Scholars, a 500-member body of academics founded in 1994, passed a resolution on Monday stating that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza fulfill the definition of genocide set out in the 1948 UN Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
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