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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has reported a tenfold increase in mortality rates among children under five years old in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the conflict on October 7, 2023. The organization’s survey of its staff and families revealed that infant mortality for babies less than one month old has risen sixfold compared to pre-war estimates. Additionally, the overall mortality rate among all those surveyed increased fivefold. MSF’s deputy manager of the emergency department, Amande Bazerolle, criticized Israel’s approach in the conflict, stating that there is a disregard for children's lives and describing the situation as a decimation of Gaza’s children.
A tenfold increase in death rates for children under the age of 5 has been observed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war on Oct. 7, 2023, according to a survey conducted by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) https://t.co/2oWTdS4tov https://t.co/diTC0t76o8
Amande Bazerolle, deputy manager of MSF’s emergency department, condemned Israel’s “disregard for children’s lives”. “The children of Gaza are being decimated,” she said. https://t.co/YTHps4uhBZ
#BREAKING Survey of @MSF staff & families reveals “appalling” death rate in Israel’s war on Gaza, finds mortality rate for babies less than 1 month old 6 times higher, among all those surveyed 5 times higher, MSF says.
