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These images are part of a series highlighting the suffering of children in Gaza, where a humanitarian disaster is escalating and civilians are starving.
Six-year-old Malik Nidal Saad suffers from severe malnutrition in a tent in western Gaza, where he took shelter with his family after fleeing Beit Lahiya, on July 27. Due to Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip, Malik’s weight dropped from 33 to 15 pounds as a result of lack of food and supplements.
Mohammed al-Mutawaq, an 18-month-old Palestinian boy with medical issues and signs of malnutrition, lies on a mattress inside a tent in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 25.
Yezen Abu Ful, a 2-year-old Palestinian whose health has deteriorated due to lack of access to food and nutritional supplements, is seen with his mother in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip on July 24.
Palestinians gather to receive meals in Gaza, July 23, 2025.
Throughout history, dehumanization preceded and justified atrocities. And the hungrier and more deprived people become, the less ‘like us’ they appear.
A weak and malnourished child is seen along with his mother at the Abdulaziz er-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City on July 24, 2025.
Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is showing signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025.
Israel has blocked food aid for six weeks. More than 2.1 million people are trapped and dying. Even my cat is starving.
Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, an 18-month-old child, faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens in Gaza City, Gaza, on July 21, 2025.
As war continues in Gaza, President Biden must demand that Israel allow the unrestricted entry of food and other humanitarian aid at land crossings.
Naeema, a 30-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her malnourished 2-year-old son Yazan as they stand in their damaged home in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 23, 2025.
A Palestinian boy waits for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025.
A Palestinian girl suffers from malnutrition and is measured while receiving treatment at the Patient Friends Assn. Hospital in Gaza City on July 22, 2025.
Sham Qadeh, a 22-month-old Palestinian girl, is struggling to survive with her mom in a makeshift tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on June 28, 2025. Weighing nearly 10 pounds, Sham suffers from severe malnutrition and an enlarged liver, putting her life at serious risk. Sham was born after a nine-year fertility journey through in-vitro fertilization.
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