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Gaza hospital says 21 children dead from malnutrition in 72 hours

# The director of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital said 21 children have died of malnutrition and starvation across the Strip over the past 72 hours. Doctor Mohammed Abu Salmiya says 900-thousand children in Gaza are suffering from hunger. The head of the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency earlier said doctors are fainting from hunger, while at least one-thousand people have been killed while seeking food.  The UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy told the BBC he’s sickened by the scenes in Gaza and joined 27 other nations in condemning the killings.